Isaiah 58:10
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 58 connects to 10 cross-references. Critique of fasting performed hypocritically while practicing oppression. The true fast God chooses is to loose unjust bonds, free the oppressed, share bread with the hungry, and bring homeless poor into the house. Then light will break forth and the …
Other Translations
and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness <FI>is<Fi> as noon.
And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:
Cross References
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy …
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for …
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with …
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to …
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.