15 And what you yourself hate, do to no man. Don’t drink wine to drunkenness, and don’t let drunkenness go with you on your way. (WEB) 16 Give of your bread to the hungry, and of your garments to those who are naked. Give alms from all your abundance. Don’t let your eye be envious when you give alms. (WEB) 17 Pour out your bread on the burial of the just, and give nothing to sinners. (WEB)
Tobit 4:15–17
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Tobit 4:6–8
6 For if you do what is true, your deeds will prosperously succeed for you, and for all those who do righteousness. (WEB) 7 Give alms from your possessions. When you give alms, don’t let your eye be envious. Don’t turn away your face from any poor man, and the face of G… (WEB)
Sirach 4:4–6
4 Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man. (WEB) 5 Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you. (WEB) 6 For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplica… (WEB)
Sirach 12:4–6
4 Give to the godly man, and don’t help the sinner. (WEB) 5 Do good to one who is lowly. Don’t give to an ungodly man. Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, lest he subdue you with it; for you would receive twice as much evil for all the good you would have don… (WEB)
Sirach 14:15–17
15 Won’t you leave your labors to another, and your toils be divided by lot? (WEB) 16 Give, take, and treat yourself well, because there is no seeking of luxury in Hades. (WEB) 17 All flesh grows old like a garment, for the covenant from the beginning is, “You must die!” (WEB)
Sirach 31:30–31
30 Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt. It diminishes strength and adds wounds. (WEB) 31 Don’t rebuke your neighbor at a banquet of wine. Don’t despise him in his mirth. Don’t speak a word of reproach to him. Don’t distress him by making demands of him. (WEB)
Proverbs 3:26–28
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare. 27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. 28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
Proverbs 23:5–7
5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. 6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; 7 for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to y…
Proverbs 28:26–28
26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe. 27 Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses. 28 When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the rig…
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