1 John 3:17

New International Version

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

Cross References

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

Proverbs 28:9

If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

Luke 3:11

John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”

2 Corinthians 8:9

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

Hebrews 13:16

And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

James 2:15

Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.

James 2:16

If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?

1 John 4:20

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.