Instruction In Wisdom

²⁰ But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen. ²¹ The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others. ²² Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

Righteous Man

Psalm 112:5

All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

Deuteronomy 28:12

Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

Psalm 112:9

He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

Proverbs 22:7

The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

Hebrews 13:16

But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

Deuteronomy 15:9-11

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

Deuteronomy 28:43-44

The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

2 Kings 4:1-5

Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

Nehemiah 5:1-5

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.

Job 31:16-20

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

Isaiah 32:8

But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

Isaiah 58:7-10

Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

Luke 6:30

Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

Acts 11:29

And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

Acts 20:35

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.