Leviticus 25:35

If a fellow Israelite became poor, the community was to support him and let him live among them. God required active care for the needy.

Cross-references · 29

• Deut 15:7–8If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
• Acts 11:29So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
• Deut 10:18–19He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
• 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.
• Exod 23:9Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
• 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.
• Lev 25:25If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
• Prov 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
• Deut 24:14–15Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
• 1 Jn 3:17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
• Ps 37:26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
• Ps 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
• 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.
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Prov 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• Gal 2:10They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
• 2 Cor 9:12–15For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
• Rom 12:18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
• Jas 2:5–6Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Prov 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
• Rom 12:13Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
• Prov 14:20–21The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
• 2 Cor 9:1Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
• John 12:8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
• Matt 25:35For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
• 2 Cor 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
• Rom 12:20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
• Heb 13:2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
• Mark 14:7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

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