1. Humane laws towards persons.
   1. Widows and orphans.
      • OT=Ex. 22:22-23; Deut. 14:28-29; 24:17-21; 27:19; Job 31:16-22;Is. 1:17; Jer. 22:3; Zech. 7:9-10; Mal. 3:5
      • NT=Luke 18:5-7; I Tim. 5:3-16; James 1:27
   2. Neighbors
      • OT=Lev. 19:13,18
      • NT=Matt. 19:19; 22:37-39; John 13:34; Rom. 13:9-10; Eph. 4:25
   3. Poor
      • OT=Ex. 22:25; 23:6,11; Lev. 19:9-10, 15; 23:22; 25:35-37; Deut. 15:7-11; 24:144-15; Job 31:16-22; Psalm 82:3-4; 41:1; Prov. 14:21,31; 19:17; 21:13; 28:6; Zech. 7:10
      • NT=Matt. 25:34-40; Luke 3:11; 14:13-14
      1. Causes of poverty
         1. Sloth
            • OT=Prov. 6:10-11, 12:24; 19:15,24; 20:4; 21:25; 22:13
         2. Lack of industry
            • OT=Prov. 24:30-34
         3. Love of pleasure.
            • OT=Prov. 21:17
         4. Stubbornness
            • OT=Prov. 13:18
         5. Loose living.
            • OT=Prov. 28:19
         6. Drunkenness.
            • OT=Prov. 21:17; 23:21
         7. Oppression of the poor.
            • OT=Prov. 22:16
         8. Love of sleep
            • OT=Prov. 6:9-11; 20:13

   4. Strangers ( Foreigners )
      • OT=Lev. 19:33-14; Deut. 10:19; 24:14, 17, 19-22, 27:19
      • NT=Matt. 25:34-40
   5. Handicapped
      1. The blind and deaf
         • OT=Lev. 19:14, Deut. 27:18
         • NT=Luke 14:13-14
      2. The lame
         • NT=Luke 14:13-14
      3. The weak
         • NT=Acts 20:35; Rom. 15:1

   6. Respect for the aged.
      • OT=Lev. 19:32; Prov. 20:29; 23:22
      • NT=I Tim. 5:1-4; I Peter 5:5

2. The responsibility of the welfare recipient.
   1. Man must work if he is to eat.
      • OT=Gen. 3:19
      • NT=II Thes. 3:8-12

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