Nehemiah 8:10
10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and asend portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”Esther 9:19
19Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in bthe rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as ca holiday, and das a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.Esther 9:22
22as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into ea holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.Psalms 112:9
9He has fdistributed freely; he has given to the poor;his righteousness endures forever;
his ghorn is exalted in honor.
Luke 6:30-35
30 hGive to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31And ias you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.32 j“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34And kif you llend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35But mlove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and nyou will be sons of othe Most High, for phe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
1 Timothy 6:18-19
18They are to do good, qto be rich in good works, to be generous and rready to share, 19thus sstoring up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may ttake hold of uthat which is truly life.
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