Proverbs 19:17

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The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

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  • 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.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-8 : 6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
  • Eccl 11:1 : 1 Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 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. 9 Then 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. 10 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. 11 The 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.
  • Matt 10:41-42 : 41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
  • 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. 11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land. 12 Release of Debt Slaves If your fellow Hebrew– whether male or female– is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free. 13 If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed. 14 You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress– as the LORD your God has blessed you, you must give to them.
  • 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”
  • 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 12:14 : 14 A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:21-22
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    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1For 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.

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

  • Prov 14:31
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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Ps 37:26
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    26All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

  • Deut 15:7-11
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    7The 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.

    8Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

    9Be 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.

    10You 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.

    11There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

  • Prov 14:21
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    21The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

  • Deut 24:15
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    15You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

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

  • Prov 21:13
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    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Job 20:10
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    10His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

  • Ps 112:5
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    5It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

  • Luke 6:34
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    34And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.

  • 1 Sam 2:7
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    7The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

  • Deut 24:12
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    12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 19:18
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    18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
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    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

    8does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

  • Job 20:18-19
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    18He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

    19For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

  • Deut 16:17
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    17Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.

  • Lev 25:37
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    37You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

  • Jer 22:16
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    16He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

  • Prov 11:24
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    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Ps 14:6
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    6You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the LORD is their shelter.

  • Ps 72:13
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    13He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Deut 28:12
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    12The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

  • Ezek 18:17
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    17refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

    14If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.