Proverbs 22:9

The generous person who shares with the poor will be blessed. It matters because open-handed kindness to the needy brings God's blessing.

Cross-references · 23

• Prov 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• 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.
• 1 Tim 6:18–19Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
• Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
• 1 Pet 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
• Heb 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
• Luke 14:13But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Eccl 11:1–2Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
• 2 Cor 8:1–2Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
• 2 Cor 9:6–11Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Job 31:16–20If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• Isa 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
• Luke 6:35–38But 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.
• Matt 25:34–40Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Prov 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
• Isa 58:7–12Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
• Deut 15:7–11If 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.
• Prov 11:25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
• Ps 41:1–3For 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.
• Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
• Matt 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Deut 28:56The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter

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