11 For there will never cease to be poor people in the land;(A) that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’

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11 There will always be poor people(A) in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.(B)

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A generous person[a] will be blessed,(A)
for he shares his food with the poor.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit Good of eye

The generous will themselves be blessed,(A)
    for they share their food with the poor.(B)

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Speak up,[a] judge righteously,(A)
and defend the cause of[b] the oppressed and needy.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:9 Lit Open your mouth
  2. Proverbs 31:9 Lit and justice for

Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.(A)

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13 Share with the saints in their needs;(A) pursue hospitality.(B)

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13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need.(A) Practice hospitality.(B)

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28 The thief must no longer steal. Instead, he must do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share(A) with anyone in need.

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28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work,(A) doing something useful with their own hands,(B) that they may have something to share with those in need.(C)

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