Verse 5

All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:25-26 : 25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread. 26 All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him; 8 But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of. 9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you. 10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose; 17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father; 18 (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;) 19 If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him; 20 If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
  • Ps 37:21 : 21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
  • Prov 2:20 : 20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
  • Prov 17:18 : 18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts: 27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; 31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. 33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds; 24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations. 25 The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in. 26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field: 27 There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man
  • John 6:12 : 12 And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.
  • Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.
  • Rom 5:7 : 7 Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.