1 John 3:17

Good News Translation

If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God?

Cross References

Proverbs 12:10

Good people take care of their animals, but wicked people are cruel to theirs.

Proverbs 14:31

If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who made them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.

Proverbs 19:17

When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the Lord, and the Lord will pay you back.

Proverbs 21:13

If you refuse to listen to the cry of the poor, your own cry for help will not be heard.

Proverbs 28:9

If you do not obey the law, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear.

Luke 3:11

He answered, “Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who has none, and whoever has food must share it.”

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.

Hebrews 13:16

Do not forget to do good and to help one another, because these are the sacrifices that please God.

James 2:15

Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don't have enough to eat.

James 2:16

What good is there in your saying to them, “God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!”—if you don't give them the necessities of life?

1 John 4:20

If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.

1 John 5:1

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.