What does the Bible say about feeding the poor?

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• Proverbs 19:17

  He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; He will reward him.

• Matthew 25:35

  for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;

• Proverbs 22:9

  He who has a generous eye will be blessed; For he shares his food with the poor.

• Proverbs 28:27

  One who gives to the poor has no lack; But one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

• Proverbs 14:31

  He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, But he who is kind to the needy honors him.

• Luke 14:12-14

  [12] He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. [13] But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; [14] and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

• Luke 3:11

  He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."

• 1 John 3:17-18

  [17] But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? [18] My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

• Esther 9:22

  as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

• Matthew 14:13-21

  [13] Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities. [14] Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick. [15] When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food." [16] But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat." [17] They told him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish." [18] He said, "Bring them here to me." [19] He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes. [20] They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces. [21] Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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