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Isaiah 58:7-11
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?Then your light will appear like the dawn, and your recovery will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard.At that time, when you call, the LORD will answer; when you cry out, he will say,‘ Here I am.’ If you get rid of the yoke among you, the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,and if you offer yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.The LORD will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose water never runs dry.
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1 John 3 17
If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him— how does God’s love reside in him?
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1 Timothy 6 18
Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share,
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Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he told him,“ You still lack one thing: Sell all you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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Daniel 4:27
Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
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James 2:15-26
If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily foodand one of you says to them,“ Go in peace, stay warm, and be well fed,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it?In the same way faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.But someone will say,“ You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith by my works.You believe that God is one. Good! Even the demons believe— and they shudder.Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works in offering Isaac his son on the altar?You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was made complete,and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, and he was called God’s friend.You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works in receiving the messengers and sending them out by a different route?For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
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1John 4:20
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Acts 10:4
Staring at him in awe, he said,“ What is it, Lord?” The angel told him,“ Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
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Acts 10:2
He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.
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Luke 19:8
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord,“ Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.”
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James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
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Luke 11:41
But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you.
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John 13:29
Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him,“ Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.
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2 Corinthians 8 3-2 Corinthians 8 14
I can testify that, according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own accord,they begged us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints,and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will.So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.Now as you excel in everything— in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us— excel also in this act of grace.I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.And in this matter I am giving advice because it is profitable for you, who began last year not only to do something but also to want to do it.Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have.For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.It is not that there should be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality.At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality.
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Mark 14:5-8
For this perfume might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they began to scold her.Jesus replied,“ Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for me.You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.She has done what she could; she has anointed my body in advance for burial.
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Matthew 25:40
“ And the King will answer them,‘ Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
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Acts 10:31
and said,‘ Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered in God’s sight.
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Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints— and by continuing to serve them.
