Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall surely open thy hand to thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
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Exodus 23:11but the seventh year thou shall let it rest and lay fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat, and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shall deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.
Proverbs 19:17He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.
Matthew 5:42Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.
Mark 14:7For ye always have the poor with you, and whenever ye may desire ye can do them well, but ye do not always have me.
John 12:8For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me.
Acts 4:32And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. And not even one man said that anything of the things that was possessed by him was his own, but all things were common to them.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 15:2-12
The Year of Release. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord 's release. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land… Read the whole commentary →