THEOSISProverbs 31:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.
כַּ֭פָּהּ פָּרְשָׂ֣ה לֶעָנִ֑י וְ֝יָדֶ֗יהָ שִׁלְּחָ֥ה לָֽאֶבְיֽוֹן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eph 4:28He that stole, let him now steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.
- Heb 13:16And do not forget to do good and to impart: for by such sacrifices God's favour is obtained.
- Prov 19:17He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.
- Prov 22:9He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents, shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
- Ps 41 (40):1
- Acts 20:34You yourselves know. For such things as were needful for me and them that are with me, these hands have furnished.
- Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.
- Rom 12:13Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality.