1 John 3:17

New American Bible - revised edition

If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him?

Cross References

Proverbs 12:10

The just take care of their livestock, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

Proverbs 14:31

Those who oppress the poor revile their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever cares for the poor lends to the Lord, who will pay back the sum in full.

Proverbs 21:13

Those who shut their ears to the cry of the poor will themselves call out and not be answered.

Proverbs 28:9

Those who turn their ears from hearing instruction, even their prayer is an abomination.

Luke 3:11

He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two tunics should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise.”

2 Corinthians 8:9

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

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have; God is pleased by sacrifices of that kind.

James 2:15

If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day,

James 2:16

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the father loves [also] the one begotten by him.