Generosity to the Poor

“If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the [a]gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:7 towns

If anyone is poor(A) among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted(B) toward them.

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17 (A)He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord,
And He will pay back what he has given.

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17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,(A)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.(B)

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(A)He who has a [a]generous eye will be (B)blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit. good

The generous will themselves be blessed,(A)
    for they share their food with the poor.(B)

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