Verse 13

Then you shall say before the LORD your God,“I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:141 : 141 I am insignificant and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.
  • Ps 119:153 : 153 ר(Resh) See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law.
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.
  • 1 John 3:17-22 : 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person? 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth. 19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence, 20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things. 21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God, 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
  • Deut 14:29 : 29 Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.
  • Deut 24:19-21 : 19 Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the LORD your God may bless all the work you do. 20 When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.
  • Deut 26:12 : 12 Presentation of the Third-year Tithe When you finish tithing all your income in the third year(the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages.
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans– 18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow! 19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, 20 whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,
  • Ps 18:21-24 : 21 For I have obeyed the LORD’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God. 22 For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules. 23 I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning. 24 The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.
  • Ps 26:1-3 : 1 By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering. 2 Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives! 3 For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,
  • Ps 119:93 : 93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have revived me.
  • Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions.