"When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields, and do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left.

Do not go back through your vineyard to gather the grapes that were missed or to pick up the grapes that have fallen; leave them for poor people and foreigners. I am the LORD your God.

When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields, and do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left; leave them for poor people and foreigners. The LORD is your God.

(SEE 2:15)

Happy are those who are concerned for the poor; the LORD will help them when they are in trouble.

When you have picked your olives once, do not go back and get those that are left; they are for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.

When you have gathered your grapes once, do not go back over the vines a second time; the grapes that are left are for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.

This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.

say to the LORD, 'None of the sacred tithe is left in my house; I have given it to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded me to do. I have not disobeyed or forgotten any of your commands concerning the tithe.

Give to them freely and unselfishly, and the LORD will bless you in everything you do.

I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despair

All my life I have taken care of them.

I would give him clothing made of wool that had come from my own flock of sheep. Then he would praise me with all his heart.

then may my arms be broken; may they be torn from my shoulders.

The LORD blessed the last part of Job's life even more than he had blessed the first. Job owned fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, two thousand head of cattle, and one thousand donkeys.

Happy are those who are concerned for the poor; the LORD will help them when they are in trouble.

The LORD will help them when they are sick and will restore them to health.

He gives generously to the needy, and his kindness never fails; he will be powerful and respected.

Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer.

Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped.

If you want to be happy, be kind to the poor; it is a sin to despise anyone.

When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the LORD, and the LORD will pay you back.

But an honorable person acts honestly and stands firm for what is right.

Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives.

When you pray, I will answer you. When you call to me, I will respond. "If you put an end to oppression, to every gesture of contempt, and to every evil word;

And I will always guide you and satisfy you with good things. I will keep you strong and well. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water, like a spring of water that never goes dry.

No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Give to others, and God will give to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands---all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you."

When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;

and you will be blessed, because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death."

Remember that the person who plants few seeds will have a small crop; the one who plants many seeds will have a large crop.

And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.

If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God?

This, then, is how we will know that we belong to the truth; this is how we will be confident in God's presence.