Proverbs 24:11
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
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- Psalm 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Isaiah 58:6–7 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 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?
- 1 John 3:16–17 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?