Isaiah 58:7
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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)
Tobit 2:7
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Tobit Becomes Blind
7 When the sun had set, I went and dug a grave and buried him.(A)
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Tobit 2:8
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8 And my neighbors laughed and said, “Is he still not afraid? He has already been hunted down to be put to death for doing this, and he ran away, yet here he is again burying the dead!”(A)
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Sirach 38:16
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On Mourning for the Dead
16 My child, let your tears fall for the dead,
and as one in great pain begin the lament.
Lay out the body according to custom,
and do not neglect the burial.(A)
2 Esdras 2:23
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23 When you find any who are dead, commit them to the grave and mark it,[a] and I will give you the first place in my resurrection.(A)
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- 2.23 Other ancient authorities read When I find your dead, I will raise them; I will watch for signs
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