Proverbs 19:17
Good News Translation
When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the LORD, and the LORD will pay you back.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and will be repaid in full.

Contemporary English Version
Caring for the poor is lending to the LORD, and you will be well repaid.

New American Bible
Whoever cares for the poor lends to the LORD, who will pay back the sum in full.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.

that hath

Proverbs 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that sheweth mercy to the poor, shall be blessed. He that believeth in the Lord, loveth mercy.

Proverbs 28:8,27 He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor. . . .

2 Samuel 12:6 He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.

lendeth

Proverbs 11:24,25 The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. . . .

Proverbs 28:27 He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his entreaty, shall suffer indigence.

Deuteronomy 15:7-14 If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within thy gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand, . . .

Isaiah 58:7-11 Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh. . . .

Matthew 10:41,42 He 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. . . .

Matthew 25:40 And 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.

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings shall also reap blessings. . . .

Philippians 4:17 Not that I seek the gift: but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account.

Hebrews 6:10 For 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.

that which he hath given

Context
The Man of Integrity
16He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die. 17He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.18Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not thy soul.…
Cross References
Matthew 10:42
And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you he shall not lose his reward.

Matthew 25:40
And 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.

Luke 6:38
Give: 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 Corinthians 9:6
Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings shall also reap blessings.

Hebrews 6:10
For 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.

Deuteronomy 15:7
If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within thy gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand,

Deuteronomy 15:8
But shalt open it to the poor man, thou shalt lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of.

Deuteronomy 24:19
When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow to take it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.

Psalm 72:13
He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor.

Proverbs 12:14
By the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things, and according to the works of his hands it shall be repaid him.

Proverbs 14:21
He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that sheweth mercy to the poor, shall be blessed. He that believeth in the Lord, loveth mercy.

Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him.

Proverbs 22:9
He 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.

Proverbs 28:27
He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his entreaty, shall suffer indigence.

Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.

Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Proverbs 19:16
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