Proverbs 25:20

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

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;

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.

who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.”

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. It is also not in our power to help it, because other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “Today is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.

I ate no pleasant bread. No meat or wine came into my mouth. I didn’t anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay in the street all night.”

Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city!” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them. You shall surely bring them again to your brother.

“Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”

and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it.

But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

As the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

The men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the plunder clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, and gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

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

On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

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

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

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

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;

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?

Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.

It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Should we then make mirth? The rod of my son condemns every tree.

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.”

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”

I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

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

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

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.”

They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.

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

and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?

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

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.