Actions Speak Loudest

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. ~ James 2:14-17 (NIV)

Cry of the Poor

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered. ~ Proverbs 21:13 (NASB)

Consider the Poor

Blessed is the one who considers the poor!
    In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
2 the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
    he is called blessed in the land;
    you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
    in his illness you restore him to full health.

~ Psalm 41:1-3 (ESV)

Don't Ignore the Poor

Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses. ~ Proverbs 28:27 (NIV)

Care for the Weak

Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. ~ Psalm 41:1 (KJV)

My Deliverer

17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. ~ Psalm 40:17 (KJV)

Care for the Poor

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. ~ Proverbs 29:7 (NIV 1984)

Devoted to Teaching and Prayer

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. ~ Acts 2:42-45 (ESV)

Faith & Action

14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. ~ James 2:14-17 (NIV 1984)

The Cause of the Needy

I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. ~ Psalm 140:12 (NIV 1984)

Pure Religion

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. ~ James 1:27 (NIV 1984)