Sirach 40:17

¹⁷ Kindness is like a garden of blessings. Almsgiving endures forever. (WEB)

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Tobit 4:10–12

¹⁰ because alms-giving delivers from death, and doesn’t allow you to come into darkness. (WEB) ¹¹ Alms is a good gift in the sight of the Most High for all that give it. (WEB) ¹² Beware, my child, of all fornication, and take first a wife of the seed of your fathers. Don’t take a s… (WEB)

Sirach 40:23–25

²³ A friend and a companion is always welcome, and a wife with her husband is better than both. (WEB) ²⁴ Relatives and helpers are for a time of affliction, but almsgiving rescues better than both. (WEB) ²⁵ Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure, and counsel is esteemed bett… (WEB)

Sirach 3:29–31

²⁹ The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a listener. (WEB) ³⁰ Water will quench a flaming fire; almsgiving will make atonement for sins. (WEB) ³¹ He who repays good turns is mindful of that which comes afterward. In the time of his fallin… (WEB)

Proverbs 19:16–18

¹⁶ He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die. ¹⁷ Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender. ¹⁸ Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

Sirach 17:21–23

²¹ But the Lord being gracious and knowing his workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them. (KJV) ²² With him the alms of a man is as a signet. He will keep a man’s kindness as the pupil of the eye. (WEB) ²³ Afterwards he will rise up and repay them, and give their… (WEB)

Tobit 12:8–10

⁸ Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold. (WEB) ⁹ Alms delivers from death, and it purges away all sin. Those who give alms and do righteou… (WEB)

Proverbs 11:24–26

²⁴ One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. ²⁵ A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. ²⁶ The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sel…

Sirach 29:11–13

¹¹ Allocate your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High and it will profit you more than gold. (WEB) ¹² Store up almsgiving in your store-chambers and it will deliver you out of all affliction. (WEB) ¹³ It will fight for you against your enemy better than a mighty… (WEB)

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