Isaiah 58:10

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You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

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  • Job 11:17 : 17 And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.
  • Isa 58:7-8 : 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! 8 Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD’s splendor will be your rear guard.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
  • Prov 11:24-25 : 24 One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty. 25 A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
  • Prov 28:27 : 27 The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.
  • Ps 112:5-9 : 5 It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly. 6 For he will never be shaken; others will always remember one who is just. 7 He does not fear bad news. He is confident; he trusts in the LORD. 8 His resolve is firm; he will not succumb to fear before he looks in triumph on his enemies. 9 He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition. 8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. 10 You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

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  • Isa 58:5-9
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    5Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?

    6No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

    7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

    8Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD’s splendor will be your rear guard.

    9Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

  • Isa 58:11
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    11The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.

  • Ps 107:9-10
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    9For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

    10They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

  • Job 22:7
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    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Isa 49:9-10
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    9You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

    10They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

  • Prov 25:21
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    21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • Job 11:17
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    17And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

  • Isa 58:3
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    3They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.

  • Isa 55:2
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    2Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

  • Ps 37:6
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    6He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

  • Luke 11:36
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    36If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

  • Prov 22:9
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    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • 2 Sam 22:28-29
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    28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

    29Indeed, you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD illumines the darkness around me.

  • Ps 18:28
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    28Indeed, you light my lamp, LORD. My God illuminates the darkness around me.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • Mic 6:14
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    14You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.

  • Ps 112:4
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    4In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.

  • Ps 107:5
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    5They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

  • Jas 2:15
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    15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

  • Isa 51:14
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    14The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

  • Isa 60:1-3
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    1Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you!

    2For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

    3Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

  • Isa 50:10
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    10Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.

  • Isa 58:13-14
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    13You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the LORD’s holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.

    14Then you will find joy in your relationship to the LORD, and I will give you great prosperity, and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.

  • Job 36:15-16
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    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

    16And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

  • Ps 139:11
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    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

  • Ezek 18:16
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    16does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

  • Deut 28:29
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    29You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.

  • Job 3:20
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    20Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

  • Isa 30:23
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    23He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

  • Matt 25:37
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    37Then the righteous will answer him,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

  • Prov 11:25
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    25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.

  • Jer 31:25
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    25I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint.

  • Isa 29:18
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    18At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

  • Ps 107:36
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    36He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

  • Isa 42:7
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    7to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

  • Job 30:25
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    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Isa 41:17
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    17The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the LORD, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.