Deuteronomy 15:11

King James Version - American Edition

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Cross References

Exodus 23:11

but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

Proverbs 19:17

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Proverbs 22:2

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 31:20

She stretcheth our her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Ezekiel 18:7

and hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Matthew 26:11

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

Matthew 5:42

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Mark 14:7

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

Luke 12:33

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

John 12:8

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

Acts 2:45

and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

Deuteronomy 15:7

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Deuteronomy 15:8

but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.