Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.