Isaiah 58:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:

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  • Job 11:17 : 17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.
  • Isa 58:7-8 : 7 Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh? 8 Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
  • Prov 11:24-25 : 24 A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need. 25 He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
  • Prov 28:27 : 27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
  • Ps 112:5-9 : 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. 6 He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever. 7 He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord. 8 His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear, till he sees trouble come on his haters. 9 He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.
  • 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.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 58:5-9
    5 verses
    80%

    5 Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?

    6 Is not this the holy day for which I have given orders: to let loose those who have wrongly been made prisoners, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and every yoke be broken?

    7 Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

    8 Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.

    9 Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;

  • Isa 58:11
    75%

    11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.

  • Ps 107:9-10
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    74%

    9 He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

    10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

  • Job 22:7
    72%

    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • Isa 49:9-10
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    72%

    9 Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.

    10 They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.

  • Prov 25:21
    71%

    21 If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

  • Jer 13:16
    70%

    16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

  • Job 11:17
    70%

    17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

  • Isa 58:3
    70%

    3 They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

  • Isa 55:2
    70%

    2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

  • Ps 37:6
    69%

    6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

  • Luke 11:36
    69%

    36 If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • 2 Sam 22:28-29
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    69%

    28 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.

    29 For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

  • Ps 18:28
    69%

    28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

  • Isa 8:22
    69%

    22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Mic 6:14
    69%

    14 You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.

  • Ps 112:4
    69%

    4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

  • Ps 107:5
    69%

    5 Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

  • Jas 2:15
    69%

    15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

  • Isa 51:14
    69%

    14 The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.

  • Isa 60:1-3
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    69%

    1 Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

    2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.

    3 And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.

  • Isa 50:10
    68%

    10 Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.

  • Isa 58:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

    14 Then the Lord will be your delight; and I will put you on the high places of the earth; and I will give you the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the Lord has said it.

  • Job 36:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15 He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

    16 ...

  • Ps 139:11
    68%

    11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

  • Ezek 18:16
    68%

    16 Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Deut 28:29
    68%

    29 You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.

  • Job 3:20
    68%

    20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

  • Prov 28:3
    68%

    3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

  • Isa 30:23
    68%

    23 And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.

  • Matt 25:37
    68%

    37 Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

  • Prov 11:25
    68%

    25 He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.

  • Jer 31:25
    67%

    25 For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.

  • Isa 29:18
    67%

    18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

  • Ps 107:36
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    36 And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;

  • Isa 42:7
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    7 To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

  • Job 30:25
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    25 Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

  • Isa 41:17
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    17 The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.