Esther 9:19
9:19 This is why the Jews who are in the rural country – those who live in rural cities – set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday for happiness, banqueting, holiday, and sending gifts to one another.
Nehemiah 8:10-12
8:10 He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord.
Do not grieve, for the joy of the
LORD is your strength.”
8:11 Then the Levites quieted all the people saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy. Do not grieve.”
8:12 So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food with others and to enjoy tremendous joy, for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.
Luke 11:41
11:41 But give from your heart to those in need,
and
then everything will be clean for you.
Acts 2:44-46
2:44 All who believed were together and held
everything in common,
2:45 and they began selling
their property
and possessions and distributing the proceeds
to everyone, as anyone had need.
2:46 Every day
they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts,
breaking bread from
house to house, sharing their food with glad
and humble hearts,
Galatians 2:10
2:10 They requested
only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.