Proverbs 19:17
17 aWhoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,and he bwill repay him for his cdeed.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast Your Bread upon the Waters
1 dCast your bread upon the waters,efor you will find it after many days.
Isaiah 58:7-8
7Is it not fto share your bread with the hungryand bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
gand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 hThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
iand your healing shall spring up speedily;
jyour righteousness shall go before you;
kthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Daniel 4:27
27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by lpracticing righteousness, mand your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, nthat there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”Matthew 6:19
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 o“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where pmoth and rust ▼▼Or worm; also verse 20
destroy and where thieves rbreak in and steal, Matthew 19:21
21Jesus said to him, “If you would be sperfect, go, tsell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have utreasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”Luke 11:41
41But vgive as alms those things that are within, and behold, weverything is clean for you.Luke 14:14
14and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid xat ythe resurrection of the just.”
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