Bible Cross References
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping to receive nothing back; and your reward shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
Luke 14:12-14
12
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.
13
But whenever you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
14
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."
Deuteronomy 15:8-11
8
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.
10
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.
11
For the poor shall not fail off your land, therefore I charge you to do this thing, saying, You shall surely open your hands to your poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon your land.
Matthew 5:42
Give to the [one] asking you, and to the [one] desiring to borrow from you, do not turn away.