– It is highly recommended:
Ex 23,11 : The poor of your people will eat their product, and the wild animals will eat the rest.
Leviticus 19:10 : He must leave this to the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 23:22 : He will leave it to the poor and the foreigner.
Deut 24:19-22 : Leave him for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless him.
1Kings 17,10-16 : Please fetch me some water in a bowl so that I can drink.
Psalm 40 :2 : Happy is he who remembers the needy and the poor, for the Lord will save him on the day of trouble.
Ps 81,2s : Defend the oppressed and the fatherless, do justice to the humble and the poor.
Pr 3.27s : Do not withhold a benefit from anyone who asks for it.
Pr 11,25s : The generous soul will be filled with goods; and he who gives in abundance, he will receive in abundance.
Pr 14:21 : Whoever despises his neighbor commits a sin; happy is he who has compassion on the wretched.
Pr 21:13 : Whoever turns a deaf ear to the cries of the poor will not be heard when he himself cries out.
Pr 22,9 : The benevolent man will be blessed because he gives his bread to the poor.
Pr 28:27 : He who gives to the poor will not suffer want, but whoever closes his eyes will be full of curses.
Pr 31,20 : Extend your arms to the unfortunate and open your hand to the needy.
Eclo 3,33–4,8 : Water quenches the burning fire, almsgiving confronts sin.
Eclo 7,36 : Stretch out your hand to the poor, so that your sacrifice and your offering may be perfect.
Eclo 14,13 : Before you die, do good to your friend, and give alms to the poor according to your means.
Eclo 29,12 : Because of the commandment, help the poor; and do not let him go empty-handed in his need.
Is 1,17 : Respect the right, protect the oppressed; give justice to the fatherless, defend the widow.
Is 58,6s : Their webs could not be used for clothing, we cannot cover ourselves with what they weave.
Ez 16,49 : This is how she lived, as well as her daughters, without taking the poor and the needy by the hand.
Mt 10,40ff : Whoever welcomes you welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
Mt 19:21 : Jesus replied: “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven”.
Lk 3:11 : He replied: “Whoever has two tunics, give one to the one who has none; and whoever has enough to eat, let him do the same”.
Lc 10,30-37 : But a Samaritan who was traveling, when he arrived at that place, saw him and was moved with compassion.
Acts 9:36-43 : She was rich in good works and almsgiving.
Jas 1:27 : Visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and keep yourself pure from the corruption of this world.
Jas 2,13-16 : There will be judgment without mercy for the one who showed no mercy.
1Jn 3,17-24 : See your brother in need, but close your heart to him, how can the love of God be in him?
– Alms fruits:
Tob 4,7-12 : Because almsgiving delivers from sin and death and preserves the soul from falling into darkness.
Tob 12,8ss : It erases sins and makes one find mercy and eternal life.
Eclo 3,33s : God looks at the one who practices mercy; he will remember in the future.
Ez 18,7 : Who does not oppress anyone, […] who gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with clothing.
Mt 25,34ss : Take possession of the kingdom prepared for you […], because I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.
Luke 6:35 : And your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.
Acts 10 :4: Your prayers and your alms went up to God as a memorial offering.
Acts 20:35 : It is more blessed to give than to receive!
2Cor 9 : God loves a cheerful giver.
Heb 13:16 : Do not neglect kindness and liberality. These are sacrifices that please God!
– It is given to the poor as a work of justice:
Leviticus 19 :9 : When you reap in your land, you shall not cut the ears to the limits of your field.
Leviticus 23:22 : He will leave it to the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.
Deut 14:28-29 : You shall not neglect the Levite who lives within your walls.
Deut 24,20-21 : This will be for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow.
Rt 2,8-9,15-16 : Let some ears fall from your sheaves, as if by mistake, and leave them for her to pick up.
Tob 4,7-16 : Take care never to do to others what you would not want done to you.
Tb 12,8-9 : Because almsgiving delivers from death: it erases sins and makes one find mercy and eternal life.
Pr 3,27-28 : Do not say to your neighbor: “Go, come back later! I will give it to you tomorrow”, when you have the means.
Pr 14:21 : Whoever despises his neighbor commits a sin; happy is he who has compassion on the wretched.
Eclo 3,29–4,10 : Be merciful to orphans like a father; and be like a husband to their mother.
Eclo 18,15-16 : Do not mix rebuke with benefit, never add harsh and bad words to your gifts.
– Often on the occasion of liturgical feasts:
2Sm 6:19 : And he distributed to all the multitude of the people of Israel […] a cake, a piece of meat and a pie.
Ne 8,10-11 : Share with those who have nothing ready; for this day is a feast day consecrated to our Lord.
– Almsgiving is a condition for the remission of sins:
Pr 19:17 : Whoever has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, who will repay the benefit.
Eclo 3,30 : There is no healing for the assembly of the proud, for […] the stalk of sin takes root in them.
Ez 18,7 : Who does not practice robbery, who gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with clothing.
Dan 4:24 : Redeem your sin with justice, and your iniquities with pity for the unfortunate.
– It is recommended by Jesus:
Mt 6,1-8 : Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them.
Mk 12,41-44 : Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who put into the coffer.
Lk 3:11 : He replied: “Whoever has two tunics, give one to the one who has none; and whoever has enough to eat, let him do the same”.
Lc 6,30 : Give to everyone who asks you; and to him who takes what is yours, do not claim him.
Lc 11,41 : Give in alms what you have, and all things will be clean for you.
Lk 12,33-34 : Sell what you have and give alms; make yourselves […] an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.
Lk 14:13 : But when you give a supper, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind.
Lk 18:22 : You still lack one thing: sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
Lk 21,1-4 : Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than the others.
– Which indicates how to practice it:
Mt 6,2-3 : When you give alms, do not blow the trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do.
– Is conversion signal:
Mt 19,21-22 : If you want to be perfect, go, sell your goods and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven.
Lk 19,8 : Lord, I will give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone, I will refund four times the amount.
– And he stores up treasures in heaven:
Mt 6,2.4 : Thus, your alms will be done in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
Lc 12,21.33 : So it happens to the man who treasures up for himself and is not rich towards God.
Lk 16:9 : Make friends with unjust wealth, so that […] they may receive you into eternal tabernacles.
Lk 18:22 : You still lack one thing: sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
– Paul recommends the collection for the poor of Jerusalem:
Acts 24:17 : After many years (of absence) I came to bring alms and offerings (rituals) to my nation.
2Cor 8–9 : First they gave themselves to the Lord, then to us, by the will of God.
– Sometimes God’s merciful attitude towards man is defined as “almsgiving”:
Tob 3:2 : You are righteous, Lord! Your judgments are full of equity and your conduct is all mercy.
Eclo 16,14 : The sinner will not escape in his rapines, and the wait for him who exercises mercy will not be postponed.
Eclo 17,29 : For men are not immortal, and delight in vanity and malice.
Dn 9,16 : Lord, deign, by your mercy, to depart from your holy city.
