Proverbs 3:27-28

27 aDo not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
Hebrew  Do not withhold good from its owners

when it is in your power to do it.
28 cDo not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.

Proverbs 11:24-25

24 dOne gives efreely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 fWhoever brings blessing gwill be enriched,
and hone who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs 19:17

17 iWhoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he jwill repay him for his kdeed.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Cast Your Bread upon the Waters

1 lCast your bread upon the waters,
mfor you will find it after many days.
2 nGive a portion to oseven, or even to eight,
pfor you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

6In the morning sow your seed, and at evening qwithhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Isaiah 58:6-12

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
rto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps sof the yoke,
to let the oppressed
Or bruised
go free,
and to break every yoke?
7Is it not uto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
vand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 wThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
xand your healing shall spring up speedily;
yyour righteousness shall go before you;
zthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away aathe yoke from your midst,
abthe pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 acif you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
adthen shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
11And the Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your desire in scorched places
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be aelike a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
12 afAnd your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to dwell in.

Daniel 4:27

27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by agpracticing righteousness, ahand your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, aithat there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

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