Proverbs 21:13 Cross References

Proverbs 21:13

13: Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.

For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.
Dear brothers and sisters, what's the use of saying you have faith if you don't prove it by your actions? That kind of faith can't save anyone.
Suppose you see a brother or sister who needs food or clothing,
and you say, "Well, good-bye and God bless you; stay warm and eat well"--but then you don't give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

"I will not answer when they cry for help. Even though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

But now you have shrugged off your oath and defiled my name by taking back the men and women you had freed, making them slaves once again.
"Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, famine, and disease. You will be considered a disgrace by all the nations of the earth.

But his creditor wouldn't wait. He had the man arrested and jailed until the debt could be paid in full.
"When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him what had happened.
Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, 'You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.
Shouldn't you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'
Then the angry king sent the man to prison until he had paid every penny.

For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged.

From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.
Wash yourselves and be clean! Let me no longer see your evil deeds. Give up your wicked ways.
Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows.

"This is what the LORD Almighty says: Judge fairly and honestly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.
Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And do not make evil plans to harm each other.
"Your ancestors would not listen to this message. They turned stubbornly away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.
They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the law or the messages that the LORD Almighty had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD Almighty was so angry with them.
"Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the LORD Almighty.

"No, the kind of fasting I want calls you to free those who are wrongly imprisoned and to stop oppressing those who work for you. Treat them fairly and give them what they earn.
I want you to share your food with the hungry and to welcome poor wanderers into your homes. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
"If you do these things, your salvation will come like the dawn. Yes, your healing will come quickly. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.
Then when you call, the LORD will answer. `Yes, I am here,' he will quickly reply. "Stop oppressing the helpless and stop making false accusations and spreading vicious rumors!

Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing. But a curse will come upon those who close their eyes to poverty.

"If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.

"Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, 'Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his demons!
For I was hungry, and you didn't feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn't give me anything to drink.
I was a stranger, and you didn't invite me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me no clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
"Then they will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?'
And he will answer, 'I assure you, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.'

Then they put their hands over their ears, and drowning out his voice with their shouts, they rushed at him.

"But if there are any poor people in your towns when you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them.
Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need.
Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year of release is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the LORD, you will be considered guilty of sin.
Give freely without begrudging it, and the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
There will always be some among you who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share your resources freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

I shook out the fold of my robe and said, "If you fail to keep your promise, may God shake you from your homes and from your property!" The whole assembly responded, "Amen," and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.
They were saying, "We have such large families. We need more money just so we can buy the food we need to survive."
Others said, "We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine."
And others said, "We have already borrowed to the limit on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.
We belong to the same family, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others."

They called for help, but no one came to rescue them. They cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer them.

They spit poison like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen,

but when the head of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. Then you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us!' But he will reply, 'I do not know you.'

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