Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. - Proverbs 19:17 ESV
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him. - Proverbs 14:31 ESV
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. - 1 John 3:17-18 ESV
If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. - Isaiah 58:10 ESV
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" - Acts 20:35 ESV
For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.' - Deuteronomy 15:11 ESV / 353 helpful votes
If Jesus were physically here today, He'd promote capitalism
