Deuteronomy 15:7
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Generosity to the Poor
7 “If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the [a]gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,
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1 John 3:16-17
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The Outworking of Love
16 (A)By this we know love, (B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But (C)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
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Deuteronomy 15:9
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9 Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your (A)eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and (B)he cry out to the Lord against you, and (C)it become sin among you.
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James 2:15-16
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15 (A)If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and (B)one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
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Proverbs 21:13
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13 (A)Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.
Matthew 18:30
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30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.
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