Deuteronomy 15:11

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in the land.

Cross References

Exodus 23:11

but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild beasts may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

Proverbs 19:17

He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 22:2

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

Proverbs 31:20

She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Ezekiel 18:7

does not oppress any one, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

Matthew 26:11

For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.

Matthew 5:42

Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you.

Mark 14:7

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

John 12:8

The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”

Acts 2:45

and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need.

Deuteronomy 15:7

“If there is among you a poor man, one of your brethren, in any of your towns within your land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,

Deuteronomy 15:8

but you shall open your hand to him, and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.