Proverbs 19:17

Showing kindness to the poor is like lending to the LORD, who will repay. God Himself rewards generosity to the needy.

Cross-references · 16

• Prov 28:27One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
• Heb 6:10For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
• Luke 6:38“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”
• 2 Cor 9:6–8Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
• Matt 25:40“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
• Eccl 11:1Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
• Matt 10:41–42He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
• Prov 11:24–25There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
• Isa 58:7–11Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
• Prov 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.
• Deut 15:7–14If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
• Prov 14:31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
• Phil 4:17Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
• Prov 28:8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
• 2 Sam 12:6He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”
• Prov 12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

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