TOPICAL BIBLE
Beneficence
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Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.Leviticus 25:36Take thou no interest 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 interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.Leviticus 25:38I am Jehovah your God, who 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 be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.Leviticus 25:40As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:Leviticus 25:41then shall he go out from thee, 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, whom 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 rigor, but shalt fear thy God.Deuteronomy 15:7If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;Deuteronomy 15:8but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.Deuteronomy 15:11For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.Deuteronomy 15:12If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a 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 lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:Deuteronomy 15:14thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 out from thee, because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;Deuteronomy 15:17then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise.Deuteronomy 15:18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will 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: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.Judges 19:17And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the 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 Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am now going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that taketh me into his 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 that is with thy servants: there is no want of anything.Judges 19:20And the old man said, Peace be unto 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 the asses fodder; 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, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?Nehemiah 5:10And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.Nehemiah 5:11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new 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, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would 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 him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah 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 29:11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, 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 justice 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 needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey 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 alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereofJob 31:18(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);Job 31:19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;Job 31:20If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:Job 31:22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.Job 31:23For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.Psalm 41:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.Psalm 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.Proverbs 3:27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.Proverbs 3:28Say not unto thy neighbor, 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 wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will 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 21:14Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
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