Bible Cross References
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Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near, nor does a moth destroy.
Luke 14:12-14
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Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.
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But whenever you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
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and you will be blessed, because they do not have [anything] to repay you; for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the just."
Luke 16:9
And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by the mammon of unrighteousness, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
Luke 18:22
So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, "Still one thing you lack: sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Luke 19:8
Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor; and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold."
Deuteronomy 15:8-10
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You shall surely open your hands to him, and shall lend to him as much as he wants according to his need.
9
Take heed to yourself that there be not a secret thing in your heart- an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is approaching. And your eye shall be evil to your brother that is in need, and you shall not give to him, and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in you.
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You shall surely give to him, and you shall lend to him as much as he wants, according as he is in need. And you shall not grudge in your heart as you give to him, because on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your works, and in all things on which you shall lay your hand.
Job 13:16-20
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And this shall turn to me for salvation, for fraud shall have no entrance before Him.
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Hear, hear my words, for I will declare in your hearing.
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Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.
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For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?
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But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from Your face.
Psalm 41:1
For the end, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is the man] who thinks on the poor and needy; the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.
Psalm 112:9
He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker, but he that honors Him has pity upon the poor.
Proverbs 19:17
He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will recompense to him according to his gift.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Send forth your bread upon the face of the water, for you shall find it after many days.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
Isaiah 58:7-11
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Break your bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to your house; if you see one naked, clothe [him], and you shall not disregard the relations of your own seed.
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Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall speedily spring forth; and your righteousness shall go before you, and the glory of God shall surround you.
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Then shall you cry, and God shall hearken to you; while you are yet speaking He will say, Behold, I am here. If you remove from you the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;
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and [if] you give bread to the hungry from your heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light spring up in darkness, and your darkness [shall be] as noon day;
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and your God shall be with you continually, and you shall be satisfied according as your soul desires; and your bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain [from] which the water has not failed.
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel please you, and atone for your sins by alms, and [your] iniquities by compassion on the poor; [perhaps] God will be longsuffering toward your trespasses.
Matthew 5:42
Give to the [one] asking you, and to the [one] desiring to borrow from you, do not turn away.
Matthew 6:1-4
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"Take care not to be doing your charitable giving before men, so as to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have not a reward from your Father in heaven.
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Whenever therefore you do charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by men. Assuredly I say to you, they receive their reward in full.
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But when you do charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
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so that your charitable giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will Himself reward you openly.
Matthew 25:34-40
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Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
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for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;
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I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.'
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"Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?
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When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
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Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
40
"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.'
Matthew 26:11
For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always.
Acts 9:36-39
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Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which being translated is called Dorcas. This [woman] was full of good works and charitable giving which she was doing.
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But it came about in those days that she took sick and died; and they washed her, and put [her] in an upper room.
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Now since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was in Joppa, sent to him, urging him not to delay in coming to them.
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And arising, Peter went with them. When he arrived, they took him into the upper room, and all the widows stood beside him weeping, showing [him] tunics and cloaks which Dorcas was making, [while] being with them.
Acts 10:31
and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered before God.
Acts 10:32
Send therefore to Joppa and summon Simon, whose surname is Peter. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, beside the sea. Who arriving, will speak to you.'
Acts 11:29
Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined as a ministry to send relief to the brothers dwelling in Judea;
Acts 24:17
And after many years I arrived to bring alms and offerings to my nation,
2 Corinthians 8:7-9
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But as you abound in everything--in faith, in word, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us--see that you abound in this grace also.
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I speak not by a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.
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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet on account of you He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
2 Corinthians 8:12-9
2 Corinthians 9:6-15
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But this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
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Let each [one give] just as he decides in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
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And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that in everything always having all sufficiency, you may abound for every good work,
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just as it is written: "He has dispersed, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever."
10
Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
11
in everything being made rich to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving through us to God.
12
Because the ministry of this service not only is supplying the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,
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while through the approved character of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and [for the] generosity of your sharing toward them and toward all,
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and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
15
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Ephesians 4:28
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working that which is good with his hands, in order that he may have something to share with him who has need.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Hebrews 13:16
But do not forget the doing of good and generosity, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before God and [the] Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
James 2:14-16
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What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is that [kind of] faith able to save him?
15
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
16
and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the necessary things of the body, what [is] the benefit?
1 John 3:16
By this we have come to know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives in behalf of our brothers.
1 John 3:17
But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother having need, and shuts off his compassion towards him, how does the love of God abide in him?
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Acts 10:15
And a voice [spoke] again the second [time] to him, "That which God has made clean, you must not make common."
Romans 14:14-18
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I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him considering anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15
But if your brother is grieved on account of your food, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food the one on behalf of whom Christ died.
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Therefore do not let your good be slandered.
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For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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For he that serves Christ in these things is well pleasing to God and approved by men.
1 Timothy 4:4
Because every creature of God is good, and not one is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving,
1 Timothy 4:5
for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Titus 1:15
All things indeed are pure to the pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience have been defiled.