Matthew 5:42

Give to the one who asks and do not turn away the would-be borrower. It calls for open-handed generosity toward those in need.

Cross-references · 24

• Prov 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• Heb 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
• Luke 6:30–36Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
• Ps 112:5–9It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
• 1 Tim 6:17–19Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Ps 37:21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
• 1 Jn 3:16–18By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
• Deut 15:7–14If 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.
• 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.”
• 2 Cor 9:6–15Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Ps 37:25–26I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
• Prov 3:27–28Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
• Matt 25:35–40For 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,
• Jas 2:15–16Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
• Eccl 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
• Dan 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
• Job 31:16–20If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• Isa 58:6–12Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
• Heb 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
• 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.
• Prov 11:24–25One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
• Eccl 11:1–2Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
• 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.
• 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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