For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’

Honor the Lord with your wealth

And with the first fruits of all your crops (income);

Then your barns will be abundantly filled

And your vats will overflow with new wine.

There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;

And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

The generous man [is a source of blessing and] shall be prosperous and enriched,

And he who waters will himself be watered [reaping the generosity he has sown].

He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,

And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.