Blessed {are} the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

But this {I say}, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

{Is it} not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? {cast...: or, afflicted}

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. {stand: or, be established}

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, {so let him give}; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. {drought: Heb. droughts} {fail: Heb. lie, or, deceive}

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. {liberality: Gr. simplicity}

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