Psalms 41:1

Blessed is the one who considers the poor, for the Lord will deliver him in trouble. Compassion to the needy brings God's favor.

Cross-references · 25

• Prov 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• Prov 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
• 2 Cor 9:8–14And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
• 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.’”
• Matt 25:34–39Then 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.
• Ps 37:39–40The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
• Jas 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• 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.
• Ps 37:19In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• 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.
• Isa 58:7–11Isn’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?
• Gal 2:10They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
• Ps 37:26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
• Ps 82:3–4Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
• 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.
• Luke 14:13–14But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
• Rev 3:10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
• Eccl 11:1–2Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
• Job 29:12–16because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
• 1 Th 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
• Job 31:16–20If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• Eccl 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
• Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
• Prov 16:14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

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