ISAIAH XXXV, 8. And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall
be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but
it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err
therein.
(2.) _Doing good--Beneficence._
JOB XXIX, 12. Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the
fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
ACTS II, 44. And all that believed were together, and had all things
common;
45. And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men,
as every man had need.
ACTS IV, 32. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
witnesses.
33. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed
forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34. For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself,
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35. Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
HEB. XIII, 3. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and
them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
PHIL. IV, 14. Notwithstanding, ye have well done, that ye did
communicate with my affliction.
JOB VI, 14. To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his
friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
PSALM LXXXII, 3. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the
afflicted and needy.
4. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
PROV. XXI, 13. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also
shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
EZEK. XVI, 49. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,
pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in
her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and
needy.
JER. XXI, 12. O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment
in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
ISAIAH I, 17. Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
PSALM XXXI, 8. And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy:
thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
ISAIAH XVI, 3. Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the
night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him
that wandereth.
4. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them
from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the
spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
PROV. XXIV, 11. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto
death, and those that are ready to be slain;
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