1 Samuel 25:11
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11 Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to a band of outlaws who come from who knows where?”
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Judges 8:6
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6 But the officials of Succoth replied, “Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your army.”
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Galatians 6:10
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10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.
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1 Peter 4:9
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9 Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.
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2 Corinthians 6:9
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9 We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed.
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John 9:29-30
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29 We know God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
30 “Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where he comes from?
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
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The Uncertainties of Life
11 Send your grain across the seas,
and in time, profits will flow back to you.[a]
2 But divide your investments among many places,[b]
for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
Psalm 73:7-8
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7 These fat cats have everything
their hearts could ever wish for!
8 They scoff and speak only evil;
in their pride they seek to crush others.
Job 31:17
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17 Have I been stingy with my food
and refused to share it with orphans?
1 Samuel 25:14-15
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14 Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s servants went to Abigail and told her, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed insults at them. 15 These men have been very good to us, and we never suffered any harm from them. Nothing was stolen from us the whole time they were with us.
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1 Samuel 25:3
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3 This man’s name was Nabal, and his wife, Abigail, was a sensible and beautiful woman. But Nabal, a descendant of Caleb, was crude and mean in all his dealings.
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1 Samuel 24:13
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13 As that old proverb says, ‘From evil people come evil deeds.’ So you can be sure I will never harm you.
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Deuteronomy 8:17
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17 He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’
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