Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 19:10
If one of your countrymen becomes poor among you and sells himself to you, do not make him work as a slave. Leviticus 25:39
If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Deuteronomy 15:7
Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother Israelite or an alien living in one of your towns. Deuteronomy 24:14
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Proverbs 19:17
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Psalm 82:3
Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me. Mark 10:21
Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Luke 6:20
But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind. Luke 14:13
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? James 2:15-16
The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:40
Have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie, that is the one who treats the orphan with harshness and does not urge others to feed the poor? Qur’an 107:1-3
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? It is the setting free of a slave, or the giving of food in a day of hunger, to an orphan, having relationship, or to the poor man lying in the dust. Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion. These are the people of the right hand. Qur’an 90:12-18
If you give alms openly, it is well, and if you hide it and give it to the poor, it is better for you; and this will do away with some of your evil deeds; and Allah is aware of what you do. Qur’an 2:271
O you who believe! be maintainers of justice, bearers of witness for Allah's sake, though it may be against your own selves or your parents or near relatives; if he be rich or poor, Allah is nearer to them both in compassion; therefore do not follow your low desires, lest you deviate; and if you swerve or turn aside, then surely Allah is aware of what you do. Qur’an 2:135
Surely those who guard against evil shall be in gardens and fountains. Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good. And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied good. Qur’an 51:15-16,19
May all beings be happy, content, and fulfilled.
May all be peaceful in harmony and at ease.
May all be protected from harm, fear, and danger.
May all have whatever they want, need, and aspire to.
May all be healed and whole again.
May this planet be healed and whole again.
Om Mani Padme Hung
But here some woman or man is a giver of food, drink, cloth, sandals, perfumes, unguents, bed, roof and lighting to monks and brahmans. Due to having performed and completed such kamma, on the dissolution of the body, after death, he reappears in a happy destination... If instead he comes to the human state, he is rich wherever he is reborn. This is the way that leads to riches, that is to say, to be a giver of food, drink, cloth, sandals, garlands, perfumes, unguents, bed, roof and lighting to monks and brahmans. Majjhima Nikaya
What, now, is Right Action?
1. Herein someone avoids the killing of living beings, and abstains from it. Without stick or sword, conscientious, full of sympathy, he is desirous of the welfare of all living beings.
2. He avoids stealing, and abstains from it; what another person possesses of goods and chattels in the village or in the wood, that he does not take away with thievish intent.
Venerable Nyanatiloka Mahathera, Words of the Buddha