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
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)
Proverbs 14:21
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21 Those who despise their neighbors are sinners,
but happy are those who are kind to the poor.(A)
2 Corinthians 9:8-14
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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.(A) 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, 12 for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God. 13 Through the testing of this ministry you[d] glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your partnership with them and with all others,(C) 14 while they long for you and pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God that he has given you.
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Acts 20:35
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35 In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”(A)
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Matthew 25:34-39
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34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,(A) 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,(B) 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’(C) 37 Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you or naked and gave you clothing? 39 And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’
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Psalm 37:39-40
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39 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
he is their refuge in the time of trouble.(A)
40 The Lord helps them and rescues them;
he rescues them from the wicked and saves them
because they take refuge in him.(B)
James 2:13
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13 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.(A)
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Hebrews 6:10
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10 For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the[a] love that you showed for his sake[b] in serving the saints, as you still do.(A)
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Psalm 37:19
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19 they are not put to shame in evil times;
in the days of famine they have abundance.(A)
Psalm 112:9
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9 They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor;
their righteousness endures forever;
their horn is exalted in honor.(A)
Isaiah 58:7-11
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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)
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Mark 14:7
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7 For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish, but you will not always have me.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
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The Value of Diligence
11 Send out your bread upon the waters,
for after many days you will get it back.(A)
2 Divide your means seven ways, or even eight,
for you do not know what disaster may happen on earth.(B)
Psalm 82:3-4
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3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(A)
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(B)
Psalm 37:26
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26 They are ever giving liberally and lending,
and their children become a blessing.(A)
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)
Revelation 3:10
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10 Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.(A)
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Galatians 2:10
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10 They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was[a] eager to do.(A)
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Luke 14:13-14
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13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.(A) 14 And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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Job 31:16-20
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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)
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
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7 “If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor.(A) 8 You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be.(B) 9 Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought, thinking, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor[a] might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.(C) 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.(D) 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.’(E)
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
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14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.(A)
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Proverbs 16:14
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14 A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
and whoever is wise will appease it.(A)
Psalm 34:19
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19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.(A)
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