Bible on Charity

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

And of some have compassion, making a difference: