James 2:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

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  • Luke 3:11 : 11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
  • Matt 25:35-40 : 35 ‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:› 36 ‹Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.› 37 ‹Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed› [thee]? ‹or thirsty, and gave› [thee] ‹drink?› 38 ‹When saw we thee a stranger, and took› [thee] ‹in? or naked, and clothed› [thee]? 39 ‹Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?› 40 ‹And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done› [it] ‹unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done› [it] ‹unto me.›
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 ‹For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.›
  • Job 31:16-21 : 16 ¶ If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
  • Isa 58:10 : 10 And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
  • Heb 11:37 : 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

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    16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?

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  • 1 John 3:17
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    17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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    1 ¶ My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.

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    6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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    16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

  • Matt 25:35-38
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    36 ‹Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.›

    37 ‹Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed› [thee]? ‹or thirsty, and gave› [thee] ‹drink?›

    38 ‹When saw we thee a stranger, and took› [thee] ‹in? or naked, and clothed› [thee]?

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  • 1 Cor 13:3
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  • Matt 25:42-44
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    43 ‹I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.›

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  • 2 Cor 5:3
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    3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

  • Ezek 18:7
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  • Isa 58:10
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  • Rom 14:15
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    2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

  • Luke 12:23
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    5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

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  • Job 31:16
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    16 ¶ If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

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    9 But [be] shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

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