Deuteronomy 14:29

The stored tithe fed the Levite, foreigner, orphan, and widow so they would be satisfied, and God promised to bless Israel's work in return. Generosity to the helpless invites God's blessing.

Cross-references · 22

• Deut 15:10Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
• Prov 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• Deut 14:27And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
• Deut 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
• Deut 24:19–21If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
• Mal 3:10–11Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
• Exod 22:21–24You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
• Job 31:16–22If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• Deut 12:12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
• Prov 3:9–10Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
• Prov 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
• Isa 58:7–12Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
• Ps 41:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
• Deut 16:14And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
• Deut 26:12–13When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
• Lev 19:34You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
• 2 Cor 9:6–11Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
• Luke 14:12–14Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
• Jas 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
• Heb 13:2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
• Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.

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