Bible Verses about 'Giving to the needy'
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy. | Speak out and pronounce righteous judgments; defend the rights of the wretched and the poor. |
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. | And whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
But he who endures to the end will be saved. | But whoever endures to the end will be saved. |
You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. | Likewise, you who are husbands must show consideration for your wives in your life together. Treat your wife with respect, for even though she is the weaker partner, she is also an equal heir of God’s gift of life. Thus, your prayers will not be hindered in any way. |
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. | He gives strength to the weary and new vigor to those who are powerless. |
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. | Pleasing words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and affording health to the body. |
Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. | Do not swerve either to the right or to the left; keep your foot far from evil. |
For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live.” | For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: If you seek me, you will survive. |
Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. | Grant justice to the weak and the orphan; defend the rights of the lowly and the poor. |
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.” | Then he said to them, “Go forth into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to all creation.” |
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And every tongue should proclaim to the glory of God the Father: Jesus Christ is Lord. |
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. |
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father. | I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father. |
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. | The wealthy man lords it over the poor, and the borrower becomes the slave of the lender. |
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ | I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ |
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. | The explanation of your words gives light and imparts understanding to the simple. |
For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. | For your kindness extends to the heavens; your faithfulness, to the skies. |
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.” | Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” |
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. | For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him. |
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. | Let us examine and test our ways and return to the Lord. |
Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes. | The precepts of the Lord are right, causing the heart to rejoice. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving light to the eyes. |
They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. | They will never again experience hunger or thirst, nor will the sun or any scorching heat cause them discomfort. For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. |
My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.” | I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” |
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. | Honor your father and your mother so that your days may be lengthened in the land that the Lord your God, will give you. |
But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. | But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Your almsgiving must be done in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you. |
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