Job 31:17
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17 or have eaten my morsel alone
and the orphan has not eaten from it—(A)
1 John 3:17
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17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?(A)
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James 1:27
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27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.(A)
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Romans 12:13
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13 Contribute to the needs of the saints; pursue hospitality to strangers.(A)
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Acts 4:32
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The Believers Share Their Possessions
32 Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.(A)
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John 13:29
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29 Some thought that, because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.
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Luke 11:41
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41 So give as alms those things that are within and then everything will be clean for you.(A)
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Ezekiel 18:16
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16 does not wrong anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,(A)
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Ezekiel 18:7
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7 does not oppress anyone but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,(A)
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Job 29:12-16
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12 because I delivered the poor who cried
and the orphan who had no helper.(A)
13 The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.(B)
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and a turban.(C)
15 I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I championed the cause of the stranger.(D)
Job 22:7
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7 You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.(A)
Nehemiah 8:10
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10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord, and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 15:14
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14 Provide for him liberally out of your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress, thus giving to him some of the bounty with which the Lord your God has blessed you.
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Deuteronomy 15:11
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11 Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, ‘Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.’(A)
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