Deuteronomy 14:29
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29 the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work that you undertake.(A)
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Deuteronomy 15:10
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10 Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.(A)
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Deuteronomy 14:27
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27 As for the Levites resident in your towns, do not neglect them, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you.(A)
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Proverbs 19:17
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17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
and will be repaid in full.(A)
Malachi 3:10-11
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10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.(A) 11 I will rebuke the locust[a] for you, so that it will not destroy the produce of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not be barren, says the Lord of hosts.
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- 3.11 Heb devourer
Deuteronomy 16:11
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11 Rejoice before the Lord your God—you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, the Levites resident in your towns, as well as the strangers, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—at the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.(A)
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2 Corinthians 9:6-11
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6 The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.(A) 7 Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not regretfully or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.(B) 8 And God is able to provide you with every blessing[a] in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.(C) 9 As it is written,
10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.[c] 11 You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us,
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Isaiah 58:7-12
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7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?(A)
8 Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
your vindicator[a] shall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.(B)
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”
If you remove the yoke from among you,
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,(C)
10 if you offer your food to the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
then your light shall rise in the darkness
and your gloom be like the noonday.(D)
11 The Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your needs in parched places
and make your bones strong,
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water
whose waters never fail.(E)
12 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to live in.(F)
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- 58.8 Or vindication
Proverbs 11:24
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24 Some give freely yet grow all the richer;
others withhold what is due and only suffer want.(A)
Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor the Lord with your substance
and with the first fruits of all your produce;(A)
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Psalm 41:1
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Psalm 41
Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
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- 41.1 Or weak
Job 31:16-22
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16 “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired
or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail(A)
17 or have eaten my morsel alone
and the orphan has not eaten from it—(B)
18 for from my youth I reared the orphan[a] like a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow[b]—
19 if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing
or a poor person without covering,
20 whose loins have not blessed me,
and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;(C)
21 if I have raised my hand against the orphan
because I saw I had supporters at the gate;(D)
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.(E)
Deuteronomy 26:12-13
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12 “When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year (which is the year of the tithe), giving it to the Levites, the aliens, the orphans, and the widows, so that they may eat their fill within your towns,(A) 13 then you shall say before the Lord your God, ‘I have removed the sacred portion from the house, and I have given it to the Levites, the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows, in accordance with your entire commandment that you commanded me; I have neither transgressed nor forgotten any of your commandments:(B)
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