Isaiah 58:7

True fasting means sharing bread with the hungry, sheltering the poor, clothing the naked, and not neglecting one's own kin. God measures devotion by practical love for the needy.

Cross-references · 34

• Matt 25:35–45For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
• Luke 3:11He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
• Ezek 18:7And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
• 1 Jn 3:17–18But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
• Prov 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
• Prov 25:21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
• Rom 12:20–21Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
• Isa 58:10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
• Prov 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
• Heb 13:2–3Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
• Ezek 18:16Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
• Jas 2:15–16If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
• Isa 16:3–4Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
• 2 Cor 9:6–10But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• Luke 11:41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
• Ps 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Job 31:18–21(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
• Dan 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• 1 Tim 5:10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
• Acts 16:34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
• Job 22:7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
• Phlm 1:7For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
• Rom 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
• Luke 19:8And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
• Gen 19:2And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
• Neh 5:5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
• Judg 19:20–21And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
• 2 Chr 28:15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
• Gen 18:2–5And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
• Luke 10:26–36He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
• Gen 19:14And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
• Eccl 11:1–2Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• Acts 16:15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
• Judg 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

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