1 John 3:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

If anyone has this world’s goods  and sees a fellow believer  in need  but withholds compassion  from him #– #how does God’s love reside in him?

Cross References

Hebrews 13:16

Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and yet hates his brother or sister,  he is a liar.  For the person who does not love his brother or sister  whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Luke 3:11

He replied to them, ‘The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.’

Proverbs 19:17

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the  Lord, and he will give a reward to the lender.  ,

James 2:15

If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food

Proverbs 28:9

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law – even his prayer is detestable.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich,  for your sake he became poor,  so that by his poverty you might become rich.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God,  and everyone who loves the Father  also loves the one born of him.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 14:31

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker, but one who is kind to the needy honours him.

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.

James 2:16

and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, stay warm, and be well fed,’ but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it?