Psalms 37:21

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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

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.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

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.”

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

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.

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

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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.

You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.

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

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

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.

He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

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.

and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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

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

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

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.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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

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,

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

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?

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.”

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

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

His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

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

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

Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.

I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing.

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

“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.”

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

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, 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.

how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

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

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

that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

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

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.

There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.

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

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

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

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

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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.

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

standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’

“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor’s, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

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.

Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”

But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

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

Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

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.

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.