THEOSISProverbs 19:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.
מַלְוֵ֣ה יְ֭הוָה ח֣וֹנֵֽן דָּ֑ל וּ֝גְמֻל֗וֹ יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 28:27He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his entreaty, shall suffer indigence.
- Heb 6:10For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered and do minister to the saints.
- Luke 6:38Give: and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.
- 2 Cor 9:6Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings shall also reap blessings.
- 2 Cor 9:8And God is able to make all grace abound in you: that ye always, having all sufficiently in all things, may abound to every good work,
- Matt 25:40And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
- Eccl 11:1Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
- Matt 10:41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.