Verse 11

And they found an Egyptian in the fielde, and brought him to Dauid, and gaue him bread and he did eat, & they gaue him water to drinke.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother: 8 But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath. 9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee: 10 Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to. 11 Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.
• Deut 23:7 : 7 Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite: for he is thy brother, neither shalt thou abhorre an Egyptian, because thou wast a strager in his land.
• Prov 25:21 : 21 If hee that hateth thee be hungry, giue him bread to eate, and if he be thirstie, giue him water to drinke.
• Matt 25:35 : 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye tooke me in vnto you.
• Luke 10:36-37 : 36 Which nowe of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour vnto him that fell among the theeues? 37 And he saide, He that shewed mercie on him. Then said Iesus vnto him, Goe, and do thou likewise.
• Rom 12:20-21 : 20 Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, feede him: if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head. 21 Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.