Proverbs 14:24

As it is written, “He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.”

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

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

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.”

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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

“ ‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.

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.

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

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

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

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

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

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

Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.

Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.

Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.

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?

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;

The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

and laid them at the apostles’ feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

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

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.