"If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your brother. For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore, I command you saying, 'You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.'" (Deuteronomy 15:7,11)