Deuteronomy 15:10

He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

“ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field, and you must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’ ”

then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.

You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release.

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.

so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

You may charge a foreigner interest; but you shall not your brother interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”

Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

However there will be no poor with you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess)

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

But the noble devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things.

and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;

Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’ ”

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.