TOPICAL BIBLE
Beneficence
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Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.Leviticus 25:36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.Leviticus 25:37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.Leviticus 25:38I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.Leviticus 25:39And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:Leviticus 25:40[But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:Leviticus 25:41And [then] shall he depart from thee, [both] he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.Leviticus 25:42For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.Deuteronomy 15:7If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:Deuteronomy 15:8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.Deuteronomy 15:11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.Deuteronomy 15:12[And] if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.Deuteronomy 15:13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:Deuteronomy 15:14Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.Deuteronomy 15:15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.Deuteronomy 15:16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;Deuteronomy 15:17Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.Deuteronomy 15:18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant [to thee], in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.Judges 19:16And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were] Benjamites.Judges 19:17And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?Judges 19:18And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.Judges 19:19Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man [which is] with thy servants: [there is] no want of any thing.Judges 19:20And the old man said, Peace [be] with thee; howsoever [let] all thy wants [lie] upon me; only lodge not in the street.Judges 19:21So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.Nehemiah 5:8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [to answer].Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?Nehemiah 5:10I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.Nehemiah 5:11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.Nehemiah 5:12Then said they, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.Nehemiah 8:10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.Nehemiah 8:11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day [is] holy; neither be ye grieved.Job 29:11When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.Job 29:15I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.Job 29:16I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;Job 31:17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;Job 31:18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)Job 31:19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;Job 31:20If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:Job 31:22[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.Job 31:23For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.Psalm 41:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.Psalm 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.Proverbs 3:27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].Proverbs 3:28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.Proverbs 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.Proverbs 25:21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:Proverbs 25:22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.Isaiah 21:14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.Isaiah 58:6[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
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