He has dispersed abroad, he has given to the poor; his righteousness stands forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

If there is among you, of your brethren within any of the gates in your land which Jehovah your God is giving you, a man who is in need, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your needy brother,

Beware that there not be a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, approaches; and your eye be evil against your needy brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to Jehovah against you, and it become sin unto you.

For the needy will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, You shall open, to open your hand unto your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.

because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless and the one who had no one to help him.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case that I did not know.

If I have withheld from the poor their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

(when from my youth, as a father I have raised him, and from my mother's womb I guided her);

if his heart has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

He who has pity upon the poor lends to Jehovah, and He will make compensation for what he has given.

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

Give a share to seven, and also to eight; for you do not know what evil shall be on the earth.

Is it not to break your bread to the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor? When you see the naked to cover him; and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Then you shall call, and Jehovah will answer; you shall cry out, and He shall say, Here I am. If you take the yoke away from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness;

And Jehovah shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones fat; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; but you do not always have Me.

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.

And you will be blessed, because they do not have the means to repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound for every good work.

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for eating, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

For the ministry of this service not only supplies what is lacking to the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

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:

I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

I have shown you in everything, by laboring like this, that we need to support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, uphold the weak, be longsuffering towards all.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.

All day long he is gracious and lends, and his seed is blessed.

But the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah; He is their strength in the time of distress.

And Jehovah will help them and deliver them; He will deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they have trusted in Him.

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.

For judgment will be without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Indeed, mercy rejoices over judgment.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will appease it.

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, so that the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.

Because you have kept the Word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.