”You
keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle.
You have recorded each one in your book.”
Psalm 56:8 NLT
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“If
you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD--and he will repay
you!”
Proverbs 19:17 NLT
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“Share
each other's burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2 NLT
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“10Feed the
hungry,
and
help those in trouble.
Then
your light will shine out from the darkness,
and
the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.
11The
Lord
will guide you continually,
giving
you water when you are dry
and
restoring your strength.
You
will be like a well-watered garden,
like
an ever-flowing spring.
12Some
of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities.
Then
you will be known as a rebuilder of walls
and
a restorer of homes.”
Isaiah
58:10-12 NLT
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For
I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and
not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
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“19When
you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get
it. Leave it for the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord
your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20When you beat the
olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what
remains for the alien, the fatherless and the widow. 21When you harvest
the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains
for the alien, the fatherless and the widow. 22Remember that you
were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.”
Deuteronomy 24:19-22 NIV
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All the previous scriptures
to say, as we wait upon the LORD,
11Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners
and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
12Live such good lives
among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your
good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits
us.
1 Peter 2:11-12
NIV