11 (A)For the poor will never cease to be [a]in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 15:11 Lit in the midst of

16 “If I have kept (A)the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of (B)the widow to fail,
17 Or have (C)eaten my morsel alone,
And (D)the orphan has not [a]shared it
18 (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from [b]infancy I guided her),
19 If I have seen anyone perish (E)for lack of clothing,
Or that (F)the needy had no covering,
20 If his loins have not [c]thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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  1. Job 31:17 Lit eaten from it
  2. Job 31:18 Lit my mother’s womb
  3. Job 31:20 Lit blessed

He who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
For he (B)gives some of his food to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

13 (A)contributing to the needs of the [a]saints, [b](B)practicing hospitality.

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  1. Romans 12:13 Or holy ones
  2. Romans 12:13 Lit pursuing

28 He who steals must steal no longer; but rather (A)he must labor, (B)performing with his own hands what is good, (C)so that he will have something to share with [a]one who has need.

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  1. Ephesians 4:28 Lit the one