IF THERE SHOULD BE A POOR MAN AMONG YOUR RELATIVES IN ONE OF THE CITIES OF THE LAND THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD IS ABOUT TO GIVE YOU, DON’T BE HARD-HEARTED OR TIGHT-FISTED TOWARD YOUR POOR RELATIVE. INSTEAD, BE SURE TO OPEN YOUR HAND TO HIM AND LEND HIM ENOUGH TO LESSEN HIS NEED.

DEUTERONOMY 15:7-8