Proverbs 22:9

aWhoever has a bountiful1 eye will be blessed,

for he bshares his bread with the poor.

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Proverbs 19:17
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

Luke 14:13–14
But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”


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