35 “If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, zyou shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.
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Deuteronomy 15:7–8
“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.
Psalm 41:1
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Blessed is the one who considers the poor!
In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;
Psalm 112:5
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;
who conducts his affairs with justice.
Psalm 112:9
He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever;
his horn is exalted in honor.
Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker,
but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Acts 11:29
So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
1 John 3:17
But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
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