For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.


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Deuteronomy 15 7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Proverbs 5 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Deuteronomy 15 4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
Psalms 9 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Deuteronomy 28 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Amos 8 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Mark 14 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
Proverbs 28 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Leviticus 23 22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 23 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Psalms 28 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Leviticus 25 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Proverbs 31 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Deuteronomy 15 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
Proverbs 19 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Luke 6 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Matthew 5 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Jeremiah 6 12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
Proverbs 28 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Leviticus 25 47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
Psalms 68 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
Exodus 23 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Psalms 104 28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Isaiah 26 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Galatians 6 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Proverbs 24 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Psalms 12 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Matthew 26 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Ezekiel 20 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Luke 6 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Psalms 74 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Matthew 13 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Proverbs 3 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Proverbs 6 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Psalms 109 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Malachi 1 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
Deuteronomy 28 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 11 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
Isaiah 14 30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Numbers 13 18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
Jeremiah 49 31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
Proverbs 21 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Deuteronomy 6 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.
Genesis 42 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
Obadiah 1 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
Matthew 25 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Acts 20 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Zephaniah 3 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
Proverbs 22 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Deuteronomy 24 19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.