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 be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
• Acts 11:29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
• Deut 10:18–19He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
• Lev 19:34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
• Exod 23:9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
• Lev 25:25If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
• Prov 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
• Deut 24:14–15Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
• 1 Jn 3:17But 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?
• Ps 37:26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
• Ps 112:5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
• Ps 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Ps 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Prov 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Gal 2:10Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
• 2 Cor 9:12–15For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
• Rom 12:18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
• Jas 2:5–6Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Prov 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
• Rom 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
• Prov 14:20–21The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
• 2 Cor 9:1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
• John 12:8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
• Matt 25:35For 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:
• 2 Cor 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• Rom 12:20Therefore 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.
• Heb 13:2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
• Mark 14:7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

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