Verse 20

She openeth her hande to the poore, yea she stretcheth foorth her handes to such as haue neede.

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let hym that stole, steale no more: but let hym rather labour, workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good, that he may geue vnto hym that needeth.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 To do good & to distribute forget not, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne: 17 If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof: 18 (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the wydowe) 19 If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment: 20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Lay thy bread vpon wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes. 2 Geue part seue days, & also vpon the eyght: for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth.
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 For ye haue poore with you alwayes, and whensoeuer ye wyll, ye may do the good: but me haue ye not alwayes.
  • Acts 9:39-41 : 39 Then Peter arose, & came with them, and when he was come, they brought hym into the vpper chamber: And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng, and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them. 40 And Peter put them all foorth, and kneled downe, and prayed, and turned hym to the body, and sayde: Tabitha aryse. And she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Peter, she sate vp. 41 And he gaue her the hande, and lyfte her vp: and when he hadde called the saintes and wydowes, he deliuered her alyue.
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 Yea, ye your selues knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But agaynst Israel he sayeth: All day long haue I stretched foorth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not, but speaketh agaynst me.
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Distributyng to ye necessitie of saintes, geuen to hospitalitie.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath distributed abrode, he hath geuen to the poore: his righteousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted with glory.
  • Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded:
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne.
  • Deut 15:11 : 11 The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande.