Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

The Bible · The source reads: “Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble.” · Psalm 41:1. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

The Bible · Proverbs 25:21–22

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

The Bible · Job 5:26

There is no riches above a sound body.

The Bible · Ecclesiasticus 30:16

More Kindness Quotes

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.

William Shakespeare · The Taming of the Shrew (1593–1594), IV, ii

I hate nobody: I am in charity with all the world.

Jonathan Swift · Polite Conversation, 1

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

The Talmud · Mishna, Sanhedrin

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“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.”

“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.”

“Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.”

“There is no riches above a sound body.”

“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.”

“I hate nobody: I am in charity with all the world.”

“Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.”