It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.”
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.
“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin. You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.
Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow), if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering, if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
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