Deuteronomy 15:11 (KJV)

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For the poor shall never cease out of the land therefore I command thee saying Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy in thy land

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the poor.Although Moses, by the statutes relative to the division of the land, and inheritance, and the inalienable nature of it, had studied to prevent any Israelite from being born poor, yet he exhorts them to the exercise of the tenderest compassion and most benevolent actions; and not to refuse assistance to the decayed Israelite, though the sabbatical year drew nigh. Pr 22:2 Mt 26:11 Mr 14:7 Joh 12:8

Thou shalt. De 15:8 Mt 5:42 Lu 12:33 Ac 2:45 Ac 4:32-35 Ac 11:28-30 2Co 8:2-9 1Jo 3:16-18

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