TOPICAL BIBLE
Beneficence
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Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.Leviticus 25:36Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.Leviticus 25:37You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.Leviticus 25:38I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.Leviticus 25:39If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.Leviticus 25:40Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.Leviticus 25:41Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.Leviticus 25:42Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.Leviticus 25:43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.Deuteronomy 15:7If 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.Deuteronomy 15:8Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Deuteronomy 15:10Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.Deuteronomy 15:11For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.Deuteronomy 15:12If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.Deuteronomy 15:13And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.Deuteronomy 15:14You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.Deuteronomy 15:15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.Deuteronomy 15:16But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,Deuteronomy 15:17then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.Deuteronomy 15:18Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.Judges 19:16That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.Judges 19:17When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”Judges 19:18The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,Judges 19:19even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”Judges 19:20“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”Judges 19:21So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.Nehemiah 5:8and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.Nehemiah 5:9So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?Nehemiah 5:10I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.Nehemiah 5:11Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”Nehemiah 5:12“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.Nehemiah 8:10Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”Nehemiah 8:11And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”Job 29:11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.Job 29:13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.Job 29:15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.Job 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,Job 31:17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—Job 31:18though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—Job 31:19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,Job 31:20if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,Job 31:22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.Psalm 41:1For 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.Psalm 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.Proverbs 3:27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.Proverbs 3:28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.Proverbs 11:25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.Proverbs 22:9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.Proverbs 25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.Proverbs 25:22For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.Proverbs 28:27Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.Isaiah 21:14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
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