Helping Those In Need

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. — read the full passage →

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. — read the full passage →

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?” — read the full passage →

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; — read the full passage →

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. — read the full passage →

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. — read the full passage →

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday; — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” — read the full passage →

“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’ — read the full passage →

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. — read the full passage →

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court; — read the full passage →

He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me? says Yahweh.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;

For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to. — read the full passage →

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.