And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy fields…thou shalt leave them for the hungry and the stranger.

-Lev. 19:9-10, KJV

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee saying thou shalt open thine hand wide to the brother, to the poor, and to the needy in thy land.

-Deut. 15:11, KJV

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord…

-Ps. 12:5, KJV

Defend the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and needy.

-Ps. 82:3, KJV

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

-Ps. 22:9, KJV

For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

-Luke12:48, KJV

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

-2 Cor. 9:6-7, KJV