11 (A)For the poor will not cease [a]to exist in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall fully open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 15:11 Lit from the midst of

16 “If I have kept (A)the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of (B)the widow to fail,
17 Or have (C)eaten my morsel alone,
And (D)the orphan has not [a]shared it
18 (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from [b]my infancy I guided her),
19 If I have seen anyone perish (E)for lack of clothing,
Or that (F)the needy had no covering,
20 If his waist has not [c]thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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  1. Job 31:17 Lit eaten from it
  2. Job 31:18 Lit my mother’s womb
  3. Job 31:20 Lit blessed; i.e., for clothing

One who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
Because he (B)gives some of his food to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

13 (A)contributing to the needs of the [a]saints, [b](B)practicing hospitality.

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  1. Romans 12:13 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  2. Romans 12:13 Lit pursuing

28 The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather (A)he must labor, (B)producing with his own hands what is good, (C)so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.

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