Generosity to the Poor

“If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the [a]gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:7 towns

If anyone is poor(A) among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted(B) toward them.

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If 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:

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17 Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it

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17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(A)

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17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

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Is it not (A)to share your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring to your house the poor who are [a]cast out;
(B)When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from (C)your own flesh?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:7 wandering

Is it not to share your food with the hungry(A)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter(B)
when you see the naked, to clothe(C) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?(D)

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Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

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If he has not (A)oppressed anyone,
But has restored to the debtor his (B)pledge;
Has robbed no one by violence,
But has (C)given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with (D)clothing;

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He does not oppress(A) anyone,
    but returns what he took in pledge(B) for a loan.
He does not commit robbery(C)
    but gives his food to the hungry(D)
    and provides clothing for the naked.(E)

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And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

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42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;

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42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,

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42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

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