Proverbs 19:22
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
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Proverbs 19:22
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
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Ruth 2:20
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by Yahweh, who has not abandoned his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”
Nehemiah 9:17
and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
Psalms 112:4
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Psalms 112:5
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
Psalms 112:9
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
Acts 28:2
The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire and received us all, because of the present rain and because of the cold.
Romans 12:10
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another,
2 Corinthians 2:10
Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
2 Corinthians 6:6
in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
Colossians 3:13
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
1 John 3:18
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
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1 Chronicles 29:2
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
1 Chronicles 29:3
In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house:
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that you try the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.
Mark 12:41
Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
Mark 12:42
A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.
Mark 12:43
He called his disciples to himself and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
Mark 12:44
for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”
Mark 14:6
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.
Mark 14:7
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
Mark 14:8
She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
2 Corinthians 8:2
how in a severe ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.
2 Corinthians 8:3
For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
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Job 6:15
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
Job 17:5
He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Titus 1:2
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
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Proverbs 3:3
Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 14:22
Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
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Proverbs 6:11
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
Proverbs 19:24
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 22:26
Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
Proverbs 24:34
so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
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Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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Proverbs 13:5
A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.
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Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
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Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
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Proverbs 21:15
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
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Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Proverbs 22:19
I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
Proverbs 22:20
Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
Proverbs 22:21
To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
Proverbs 23:12
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
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Job 31:13
“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
Job 31:14
what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
Job 31:15
Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:16
“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Job 36:5
“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Proverbs 17:5
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 23:5
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:26
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
Matthew 11:5
the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
Matthew 26:11
For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.
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Proverbs 23:13
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
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Proverbs 23:14
Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
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Proverbs 22:24
Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
Proverbs 22:25
lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
Proverbs 23:1
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
Proverbs 23:6
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
Proverbs 23:17
Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
Proverbs 23:18
Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:1
Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
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Proverbs 19:27
If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:16
Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:25
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
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Proverbs 23:31
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 23:33
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Proverbs 23:34
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
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Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
Proverbs 24:12
If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
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Psalms 37:26
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.
Proverbs 11:29
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 31:20
She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
Proverbs 31:26
She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.
Luke 6:36
“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
1 John 3:16
By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:17
But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
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Matthew 9:3
Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
Matthew 9:4
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
Luke 7:39
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
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Proverbs 12:26
A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Luke 6:20
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours.
Luke 14:13
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.
Philippians 4:11
Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
Philippians 4:12
I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.
1 Timothy 6:8
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
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Proverbs 19:20
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
Proverbs 28:18
Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
Luke 16:19
“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
Luke 16:20
A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
Luke 16:21
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:22
The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 16:23
In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
Acts 24:24
After some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
Acts 24:25
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”
Acts 24:26
Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often and talked with him.
Acts 24:27
But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.
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