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When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight. I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
28 My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg. 29 The life of him that dependeth on another man's table is not to be counted for a life; for he polluteth himself with other men's meat: but a wise man well nurtured will beware thereof.
Christ would have us to treat beggars the same way that He would have us to treat everyone else; namely, the same way that we want to be treated. Remember the Golden Rule: “And as you would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise” (Luke 6:31).
“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.” Matthew 2:11 - After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him.
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
Psalm 68:4-6 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him! Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
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Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you. May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit! “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy.
