Tobit 12:8-10
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8 Prayer with fasting is good. Almsgiving with righteousness is better than wealth with wickedness. It is better to give alms than to store up gold,(A) 9 for almsgiving saves from death, and purges all sin. Those who give alms will enjoy a full life,(B) 10 but those who commit sin and do evil are their own worst enemies.
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Deuteronomy 15:7-8
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7 (A)If one of your kindred is in need in any community in the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor close your hand against your kin who is in need. 8 Instead, you shall freely open your hand and generously lend what suffices to meet that need.(B)
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Deuteronomy 15:11
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11 The land will never lack for needy persons; that is why I command you: “Open your hand freely to your poor and to your needy kin in your land.”(A)
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Proverbs 19:17
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17 Whoever cares for the poor lends to the Lord,(A)
who will pay back the sum in full.
Ben Sira 4:1-6
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Chapter 4
1 My child, do not mock the life of the poor;
do not keep needy eyes[a] waiting.(A)
2 Do not grieve the hungry,
nor anger the needy.
3 Do not aggravate a heart already angry,
nor delay giving to the needy.
4 A beggar’s request do not reject;
do not turn your face away from the poor.
5 From the needy do not turn your eyes;
do not give them reason to curse you.
6 If in their pain they cry out bitterly,
their Rock will hear the sound of their cry.
Ben Sira 14:13
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13 Before you die, be good to your friends;
give them a share in what you possess.(A)
Luke 14:13
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13 Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
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1 John 3:17
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17 If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him?(A)
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