Acts 6:1

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she...

Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Let brotherly love continue.

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

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

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.