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 hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.
• Luke 3:11He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
• Ezek 18:7and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
• 1 Jn 3:17–18But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
• Prov 28:27One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
• Prov 25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
• Rom 12:20–21Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
• Isa 58:10and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
• Prov 22:9He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
• Heb 13:2–3Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
• Ezek 18:16neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
• Jas 2:15–16And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
• Isa 16:3–4Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!
• 2 Cor 9:6–10Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
• Luke 11:41But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
• Ps 112:9He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
• Job 31:18–21(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her I have guided from my mother’s womb);
• Dan 4:27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.
• 1 Tim 5:10being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
• Acts 16:34He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.
• Job 22:7You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
• Phlm 1:7For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
• Rom 12:13contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
• Luke 19:8Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
• Gen 19:2and he said, “See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay in the street all night.”
• Neh 5:5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. It is also not in our power to help it, because other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
• Judg 19:20–21The old man said, “Peace be to you; how ever let me supply all your needs. Just don’t sleep in the street.”
• 2 Chr 28:15The men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the plunder clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, and gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
• Gen 18:2–5He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
• Luke 10:26–36He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”
• Gen 19:14Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.
• Eccl 11:1–2Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
• Acts 16:15When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay.” So she persuaded us.
• Judg 9:2“Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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