Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with {his} hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. {to give: or, to distribute}

The memory of the just {is} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Favour {is} deceitful, and beauty {is} vain: {but} a woman {that} feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with {other} delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

For if there be first a willing mind, {it is} accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to that he hath not.

And he gave her {his} hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

And he said unto them, These {are} the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and {in} the prophets, and {in} the psalms, concerning me.

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

And devout men carried Stephen {to his burial}, and made great lamentation over him.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. {Dorcas: or, Doe, or, Roe}

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, {both} of blue, and of purple, {and} of scarlet, and of fine linen.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. {She...: Heb. She spreadeth}

{To be} discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong {men} retain riches.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. {durable: Heb. old}

And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid {her} in an upper chamber.

That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and {take upon us} the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. {stand: or, be established}