The Blessings in Caring for The Poor and Needy

• Proverbs 19:17 - He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD, and that which he has given will he pay him again.

• Proverbs 22:9 - He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 

• Isaiah 58:10-11 – And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall your light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday, and the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

• Hebrews 6:10 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 

• Psalm 41:1-3 - Blessed is he that considers the poor, the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth, and you will not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing.

• Luke 14:12-14 - Then said he also to him that invited him, When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brethren, neither your kinsmen, nor your rich neighbor, unless they also invite you again, and a recompense be made you. But when thou make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense you, for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just: you will make all his bed in his sickness.

• Matthew 25:40 - And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.
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Scripture Readings by Subject by Gale Henderson
Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture passages quoted are taken from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. While this may not be an exhaustive reference on the subject, it is intended to bring awareness of what God’s word says that you may know the truth, and be encouraged to study His word for yourself.

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