God’s heart for the poor

Galatians 2:10 

All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

James 1:27 

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Acts 6:1-6 

1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. 

2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. 

3 Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 

4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”

5 This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. 

6 They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

Acts 11:29 

The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea.

Leviticus 25:35 

“‘If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you.

Proverbs 3:28 

Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow”— when you now have it with you.

Matthew 5:42 

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.