Beneficence

Beneficence [NAVE]

BENEFICENCE.
Deut. 15:7-15, 18. Lev. 25:35-43. Psa. 41:1; Psa. 112:9; Prov. 3:27, 28; Prov. 11:25; Prov. 22:9; Prov. 25:21, 22; Prov. 28:27; Isa. 58:6, 7, 10, 11; Ezek. 18:5, 7-9; Matt. 5:42; Matt. 19:21 Mark 10:21. Matt. 25:35-45; Mark 9:41; Luke 3:11; Luke 11:41; Acts 6:1-4; Acts 11:29, 30; Rom. 15:25-27; 1 Cor. 13:3; 1 Cor. 16:1-3; 2 Cor. 8:1-15, 24; 2 Cor. 9:1-15; Gal. 2:10; Phil. 4:10-18; 1 Tim. 5:8, 16; 1 Tim. 6:18; Heb. 6:10; Heb. 13:16; Jas. 2:15, 16; 1 John 3:17 See: Giving; Liberality; Poor, Duty to; Rich; Riches.
Instances of
The old man of Gibeah, Judg. 19:16-22.
Boaz, Ruth 2.
The returned exile Jews, Neh. 5:8-12; 8:10, 11.
Job, Job 29:11-17; 31:16-23.
The Temanites, Isa. 21:14.
The good Samaritan, Luke 10:33-35.
Zacchaeus, Luke 19:8.
The first Christians, Acts 2:44-46; 4:32-37.
Cornelius, Acts 10:2, 4.
Onesiphorus, 2 Tim. 1:16-18.
See: Giving; Poor, Duty to.