Prayer will not make your hand weak. A brief dictionary of biblical phraseological units

Part 1.
The hand of the giver will never fail...

One day, after two years of silence, my friend Vadik called me and asked me until tomorrow for the notorious thing of bucks, which was simply desperately needed. Vadik, without exaggeration, is a wonderful, talented and highly intelligent person; at one time he helped me a lot. We talked about life, but I didn’t give him money, even though I had it. Are you judging me?

It's not a matter of greed at all. Yes, I was ashamed to refuse my friend, but knowing him well, I understood that with a thousand dollars I could say goodbye forever, or at least for a very, very long time - until Vadik received the million-dollar inheritance of his Australian grandfather who suddenly appeared and immediately died. Not a cheap gift, especially considering that his birthday passed six months ago. Valera, my other friend (who never borrowed from me), I would easily lend and a large amount, and not only for the “desperate” business, but, for example, for the purchase of a Longines gold watch. I'm just confident that he will give me the money on the same day (or even earlier if I ask) and I will never have to chase him with a tomahawk.

Unfortunately, even the most wonderful guy, with whom he is ready to storm Everest and go on reconnaissance missions, may turn out to be a professional “defector.” In order not to get burned, there is a universal rule: before you lend to a friend, get to know him from this side.

“His father lived in debt... And finally went broke.” The fate of Father Onegin awaits all real debtors, but this does not prevent them from cheating more than a dozen generous simpletons during their “career”.

Perhaps a new friend who has just provided you with an invaluable service (think about it - is it so invaluable?) professes a fairly common concept of living on credit - what I don’t earn, I’ll borrow, what I don’t borrow, I’ll steal. A rosy relationship at first can turn into a protracted debt collection. At first, the debtor will simply not notice your first modest hints (“Vasya, my money is tight now... How about ours... well, remember?”), then, when you finally openly ask to repay the debt, he will constantly postpone the payment date, arguing for anything: from sudden dismissal from work to the cost of the funeral of the great-grandmother of a great-nephew. The eternal song - “yes, of course, I remember, I want to pay it back, but now I’m just not there, wait a week” - will gradually develop into a game of invisible man: your debtor will not be caught anywhere. He just left, hasn’t arrived yet, will stop by after lunch for five minutes, lives with a friend who doesn’t have a phone, etc. etc. His mobile phone will switch to voice mail or answer that the subscriber is temporarily unavailable, and his home phone (after the caller ID beeps) will torment his ears with long beeps. Some encrypted personalities communicate with the world exclusively with the help of an answering machine, and during a chance meeting they literally jump, shouting something like: “I left the iron and water on! I’m running! Fire, flood! I’ll call you!”

Alcoholics and drug addicts are a different story. Financial relations with such a person should be avoided, even if he is a great, but lost and fallen soul. For such the world around us(including you) is only a means of quenching your mania, and for this all means are good. In order to avoid getting caught, you just need to take your time, use common sense and take these tips into account.

Check the person.

• Method one. He asks you for a decent amount of money. You say that you need to think, but in a conversation with people who know him, you casually mention his request. If he managed to distinguish himself on the debt front, you will be warned “in secret.”
• Method two (when there is no one to find out from). You say that you don’t have that kind of money, but you can give, say, a hundred rubles. He either refuses (most likely if he needs a specific amount for specific purpose, and not just for a living), or takes. You monitor the fate of your trial balloon and draw conclusions.

If you decide to lend money to a person you don’t completely trust, ask him for a receipt for receiving the money ( we're talking about about medium and large amounts). If he suddenly gets amnesia, the receipt will be factual evidence (valid even in court) that you at least know him.
Even better - lend it as collateral. The value of the collateral must exceed the amount of debt - then the debtor will not be tempted to turn real estate (an old music center) into movable property (money).
If the debtor cannot pay the entire amount on time, it is better not to postpone the entire payment, but to break it into parts. In case of unfavorable developments, you will return at least part of the money.
Keep a record of all the money you lend. In a large team, almost every day someone shoots you for cigarettes, lunch or gasoline. Small amounts, due to their insignificance, have one very nasty property - they irrevocably evaporate from the memory of both the taker and the giver. Therefore, in a year you can give away the cost of the TV and washing machine in addition.
Some debts must be forgiven. Sometimes specific relationships arise in which asking for money back is simply indecent. For example, the debtor provided you with very valuable services for free, which otherwise would have cost much more than the amount of the debt. Or, for example, you break up with a girl who at one time took money from you (with a return) for a new fur coat. In this case, forgetfulness is not a sign of multiple sclerosis, but a manifestation of nobility.
How to determine what it is large sum? It can be considered half of your annual income. It is for this amount that personal budget planners advise purchasing a car.

Part 2.
With outstretched hand

So, you generously loaned money to numerous friends and rejoiced at their gratitude. However, everything flows, everything changes. Once deep river your finances have turned into a miserable trickle, lost in problems and costs, and on the horizon, like a thundercloud, the need for a large sum arises. You need money and you don't know where to get it. You will have to take from someone who is able and willing to give. However, you must also take it skillfully, otherwise you can unwittingly turn into the hero of the first part of our article. So watch yourself, be careful...

If you are not going to join the cohort of “defectors,” the main thing in debt is not the ability to take it, but the ability to repay it. Before borrowing a certain amount, really assess your capabilities. From what sources will you return this money? If at least one of them is doubtful (once in the situation, the wife’s evil but rich second cousin will give it to you), your entire scheme for repaying the debt is built on an avos and may well collapse.
Even if you are confident that you will be able to collect the money by the agreed date, you should always have a safety net in case a creditor, experiencing force majeure, demands early payment. A backup option is a person who, in principle, if you really need it, will be able to temporarily re-borrow you the amount of the debt, or at least a large part of it.
Have a reason. A person giving a loan should feel like a benefactor. Therefore, explain to him the hopelessness of your situation and the immensity of your gratitude if he helps you.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. If you need a large sum, do not take it entirely from one person, but break it into several smaller debts - this will make it easier to repay. The same applies to the repayment period - draw up a schedule for reborrowing. . . . . .
If possible, it is better to borrow from close relatives, even if your relationship is not ideal. Problems discussed in the family circle are resolved more emotionally, but with less severe consequences for the body.
If you really desperately need money, but there is no confidence that you will be able to return it, do not set people up. Take unnecessary things to the nearest pawnshop, sell your favorite car or garage. Things are a matter of gain, and the reputation and respect of others can be lost in an instant and forever.
The debt must be repaid in the same currency that was borrowed, unless otherwise agreed in advance. If the amount is large, then preferably in banknotes of the same denomination (no less) - this is a rule of good manners.

Ancient wisdom teaches us never to lend money to anyone and never to borrow money ourselves. Don't trust the wise men. They also often make mistakes. Isaev Roman

“The need for invention is cunning,” it was once customary to say about someone’s ingenuity. Especially when funds are tight. They took money, did not disdain greyhound puppies, and did not shy away from “dead souls.” The resourcefulness of Russian officials has always been the butt of jokes among the people. Not always angry, but quite offensive. True, sometimes immoderation in appetite or outright stupidity brought bribe-takers to the dock.

The situation has not changed at all over the years, and "First Anti-Corruption Media" compiled a kind of rating of the stupidest bribes of recent times. Moreover, journalists PASMI decided to highlight in it not only employees who are greedy for small rewards, but also those who do not care how to pay for services. Even with your body...

And here, undoubtedly, the palm belongs to a car enthusiast from Orenburg named Christina. Who, at a stationary traffic police post, trying to pay off the inspector, first offered the officer a watermelon and then herself as a reward.

But either the inspector was madly in love with his wife, or Christina’s feminine charms did not excite him at all, but he resolutely refused the “tempting” offer.

Struck by such a disrespectful attitude towards herself, Christina said a bunch of nasty things to the traffic cop and threw 300 rubles on his table as a “payoff”. At this moment, it was probably time for the traffic police officer to take offense, and he brought the unlucky car lady under Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Giving a bribe”). Now Kristina faces up to 2 years in prison and a 3 thousand ruble fine.

Unlike the girl Kristina, the 30-year-old entrepreneur from Novocheboksarsk, in Chuvashia, was stupid to offer himself to a policeman, and it was a shame to give money. Therefore, he brought a bottle of cognac, some sausage and cheese straight to the law enforcement officer’s office.

For some reason, the man hoped that for this generous donation the policeman would return to him the slot machines that had previously been confiscated from a local diner. But that was not the case. Alcohol and snacks are now evidence in a criminal case, slot machines are kept in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the entrepreneur is waiting for his fate to be decided under a recognizance order.

By the way, in the same Chuvashia, a junior security inspector of one of the maximum security colonies will be tried in the very near future. A 24-year-old FSIN employee demanded that the relatives of two prisoners give him a chainsaw.

For this he promised that he would not hear the trill of the bell. cell phone, which he also handed over to the convicts. And you don’t have to be a prophet to understand one simple truth. The former inspector will now definitely cut down wood with a saw. Only issued to him at government expense.

A chainsaw is certainly a necessary and useful thing in the household. This is not even discussed. But the question of why the St. Petersburg traffic cop needed several thousand paper bags puzzled PASMI journalists.

For his signature on the permit to work with heavy equipment, the traffic police inspector demanded that one of the construction companies 50 thousand rubles. Half of which the policeman wanted to receive in cash, and half... in paper bags.

We dare to assume that it was the unusual nature of this request that prompted the businessmen to file a complaint about extorting a bribe to the Internal Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is likely that during trial, scheduled for the end of February, the inspector will still be able to explain to his former colleagues, the judge and the builders how he was going to use more than 3 thousand bags. The price, by the way, is 8 rubles apiece.

After the incident mentioned above, it’s even somehow inconvenient to write about a teacher from the Agrarian University in Omsk, who accepted donations of 200 ruble certificates from students for the purchase of perfumes.

It is quite possible that the aromas of inexpensive perfume and deodorant emanating from the assistant professor caused mixed reactions among colleagues and students. And they didn’t find anything better than to roll a joint cart on her to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After which the operatives detained the perfume lover red-handed.

The judge (a man, by the way) later also sided with the team and students. Guided by the law and his own sense of smell, he sentenced the teacher to a fine of 90 thousand rubles.

True, the court decision contains one surprising clause - the confiscation of illegally obtained funds. It becomes interesting how miraculously the bailiffs will now determine whether the lipstick was bought by an assistant professor for his salary or obtained through criminal means.

Here it’s time to talk about the morals of modern bailiffs. Two of them “distinguished themselves” recently in Tolyatti.

Instead of delivering a couple of Uzbek guest workers subject to deportation from the court to the detention center, the bailiffs stopped by their hostel, received 20 thousand rubles there and, with a clear conscience, went to celebrate the freedom of the citizens of a friendly republic.

The bailiffs were obviously not accustomed to drinking for two. And so the third share was taken by the court driver. It was then that their own security service tied them up. As one knowledgeable person later joked: “Twenty for three will now turn into twelve for them each.”

Actually, the time has come to remember Gogol’s immortal “The Inspector General”. Where Judge Lyapkin-Tyapkin asserted in all seriousness that “sins are different from sins.” After which he admitted that he takes greyhound puppies, but this cannot be considered a bribe.

Obviously, the chief specialist of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Voronezh region held the same opinion, who asked the director small company“Connect him to the Internet at home.” And his colleague from Saratov received a Samsung TV from the manager of a local bank.

Well, as they say, “small people have small needs.” A modern man said very well about such bribe-takers. English writer Peter Hunter:

...their stupidity and incompetence
destroys our lives - our perception is distorted
their corruption and greed...
I wish some wandering asteroid would stop this nightmare...

We'll end there too.

Marina ILINA

Andrey VOLOSTNYKH

Bargaining your conscience before pale poverty, Do not pour out your gifts with a calculating hand: Complete generosity is pleasing to heaven. On the day of terrible judgment, like a fat field, O prosperous sower! She will reward your labors a hundredfold. But if, having regretted the labors of earthly acquisition, Handing a meager alms to a beggar, You squeeze your envious hand, - Know: all your gifts, like a handful of dust, That the abundant rain washes from a stone, Will disappear - a rejected tribute from the Lord.

A.S. Pushkin

In our small church on Olivier de Serre in Paris there was a Sunday liturgy. And suddenly the prayerful state of the parishioners was disturbed by an unusual noise emanating from the refectory. The headman standing at the candle table immediately rushed there, then we heard a rather rude male voice and the excited admonitions of our headman. Several male parishioners rushed to help, because even after closed doors temple, it became clear that the situation could result in a hand-to-hand conflict. Through the large windows of our hall, adjacent to the church, I saw Pavel and Mark, arm in arm, leading the “homeless man” already known to us through the courtyard.

Not for the first time, he sneaked into our kitchen during service, found bottles of red wine, got drunk and began to be rowdy. The most offensive thing was that we fed him in every possible way, helped him with money and generally tried to somehow offend him. He was of Caucasian appearance, no longer young and hardly a believer at all, but our church calendar he knew thoroughly, because on big holidays he also brought his friends. Once, while going to the liturgy, I saw one of them rummaging through a garbage can and taking out discarded clothes from it, trying them on himself, putting them in a bag... two hours passed and this “homeless man”, armed with a white stick, pretended to be a blind man entered our temple. The service had just ended and he, bumping into people and almost falling on the salt, clearly headed towards the candle box. The “blind man” saw that they had already begun to count the money collected on the plate. “Father Vladimir, what should I do? You know that he is sighted and this is all theater?” - I asked. Father Vladimir laughed and said: “Yes, of course I know, and I also know that they steal wine from the refectory. We will try to show him patience and love.” Out of the corner of my eye, I saw how the headman was already shoving change into the “homeless man”, and he suddenly saw clearly and began to count it... I’m a sinner, but non-Christian feelings arose in me! And of course, not for the first time, I asked myself the question: “How to give alms, to whom exactly? And does this make sense? Is it necessary to indulge in the deception that people who submit are often subjected to? Or, without asking unnecessary questions and without reasoning, follow the words of the Lord: “Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you” (Matthew 5:42). But what to do with homeless people, with gypsy children? After all, we almost certainly know that there is a “homeless mafia” and professional beggars who work for the “master”. And when Father Vladimir made it clear to me that I needed to show love to this fallen deceiver, I did not accept his words. It was difficult for me to understand how to fall in love with any tramp, and even one who deceives you.

But then I thought, after all, in all churches there are boxes on which it is written: “for the poor”, “for the temple”, for the singers... and at the end of the liturgy we carry out the plates. What kind of poor are we collecting for and how to identify the “true” and “fake”? And who are we to determine “who is who” from the height of our external purity and pride? The French philosopher and scientist Pascal wrote that “conditionally one can divide all people into righteous and sinners. The righteous are those who consider themselves sinners, and true sinners are those who feel good people" These people never see their shortcomings, do not feel how far they are from God, from love. Because love is never enough, and you need to crave it and give it to others.

In my life, I have observed that people are divided into groups of givers. Some, without hesitation, following the impulse of their hearts, give to everyone who asks. Often we see how, in subway passages, a person stands out from the crowd and, as he walks, throws a piece of paper or change to a sitting beggar. At this moment, in almost each of us, especially in those who do not serve, but pass by, but notice the gesture of the server, conflicting feelings and thoughts boil up: why did this person give, did it in vain, they will drink anyway, deceivers, thieves, mafia. .. Some do not want to give to drunkards and beggars, because they do not want to be an accomplice in their downfall. After all, his labor money will most likely be spent not on bread for children and not for “crawling out from the bottom,” but to continue his fallen life. It seems as if you are giving a beggar not his daily bread, but poison, which eats him away more and more every day... One of my friends in Russia decided to help street children. Dirty, broken, sniffed Moment glue, wild, there are many of them in big cities. As a rule, they ask for “trifles”... Not only in Russia, all over the world the state copes poorly with them. They run away from orphanages and return to begging under the auspices of the adult gangster mafia.

How can I help them? My friend tried with his own strength and little means to somehow accommodate them, communicated, had conversations, bought them various things they needed, spent time with them and even brought them to his home. As a result, he was beaten and robbed by them.

The Soviet experience of working with street children and beggars was limited to catching them and sending them 101 km away. We know about working with children’s crime and vagrancy from the books and films “Pedagogical Poem” and “Flags on the Towers.”

They talk about re-education juvenile offenders in a children's labor colony, the creator and leader of which in the 20s was the author of these books, A.S. Makarenko. Voices can still be heard in Russia that this particular system of education should be introduced, but none of the defenders of this method speaks of cruelty bordering on sadism towards these juvenile delinquents. Of course, there was no talk about the soul, faith and God, probably Makarenko’s students turned out to be faithful Stalinists, but... did they stop drinking, assaulting, stealing, betraying, debauchery? History is silent about this. Until recently, the illusion persisted that with the collapse of the godless decades, society would rise with all its spiritual power. But the Bolsheviks nurtured a completely new person who had lost all ideas about morality. This man does not trust anyone, he does not trust the state, he does not see salvation in the Church. Moral degradation society is obvious: crime, drunkenness, drug addiction, cruelty, thirst for profit... We can continue to denounce, but how to improve society?

A merciful attitude towards animals against the backdrop of cruelty towards the same homeless people looks strange and this is a sign of a shifted consciousness of society. Experienced missionaries, humanists, priests, those who are engaged in social problems, looking for ways. But how difficult and thankless their mission is!

“Let the hand of the giver not fail,” most often we do not extend this hand, because we become offended for ourselves. You gave, he took, did not appreciate it and drank away... And we begin to condemn him, but not ourselves. It is very difficult to take on an exorbitant burden, and most likely there is no need to take on this work, which is beyond our strength. After all, you will then have to give up everything and admit your own powerlessness. Such super-feats sometimes end tragically. You bring a tramp from the street, wash him, feed him, house him, and he... After all, most of these people are mentally and physically ill, they are absolutely asocial, and it is for these reasons that they end up on the street, which gives them the illusion of freedom and equality with the world, and therefore many of them refuse to go to shelters and special homes.

Probably, you need to help according to your strength; the Lord will definitely show the person who is looking for an application of his mercy. And, of course, it’s already difficult for them to refuse reproaches against these people, and teachings lead to nothing, they only cause irritation. Do they need our advice, instructions, and especially sermons and soul-saving conversations about faith and God? Yes, you can probably give advice and talk about God, but only when a conversation starts, a heart-to-heart conversation, and most often, we look prosperous in their eyes, and therefore cause irritation and aggression. Let us try, at least in a small way, to follow the words: “...For I was hungry, and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you accepted Me; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me...” (Matthew 25: 34-40).

Beggars on the streets have long become part of the city interior. We meet people begging near churches, in underground passages, near shops, on trains... These are women with children or signs in their hands, and men in wheelchairs or crutches, children, homeless people, old women... We, the city dwellers, are mired in loans and everyday problems. in affairs, exhausted by the race for big money, deprived of heartfelt prayer, their appearance evokes a storm of different emotions: from pity and compassion to disgust and indignation. We are annoyed by ordinary beggars, who are often impudent... We give money or pass by, mentally justifying or explaining the chosen decision. What is alms and how to give it? Should all beggars be given equally? Or maybe someone should be refused? The clergyman of the parish in honor of the icon kindly agreed to help sort out these issues Mother of God“Joy to all who mourn” Archpriest Alexander Pronin.

Almsgiving is an expression of our Christian love for God, people, and everything around us. Without love, salvation is impossible. By giving alms with love and faith in your heart, you force yourself to do good deeds, which become more perfect and effective over the years. Alms must be given in a variety of ways: in word, in deed, and in caring for others (helping the disabled and infirm around the house, crossing the street, carrying a bag). This must be done with joy, intelligence and reasoning. Saint John Chrysostom said: “The benefits of alms are mutual. The Lord God Himself commanded to give alms not so that the poor would be satisfied, but so that those who give would receive benefits, and even more for the latter than for the former.” The Holy Fathers call alms “the queen of virtues, which very quickly takes you to heaven.”

- How much should you give, because people are often embarrassed to put in fifty or a hundred rubles?

A person should not be bothered by the fact that he gives a little charity to his neighbor. A good deed done with sincerity, meekness and mercy, even small in size, is always highly valued by God, as it is proof of our unity with the Lord and the fulfillment of His commandments.

“I’ve noticed more than once how people turn away, get angry, or quicken their pace when they see an outstretched hand. Why do they behave this way?

Because they are ashamed. You know, every person, even the most greedy and heartless, feels ashamed if he is begged for help and he refuses. Not helping when asked is always a shame. I foresee your question that among those who ask for alms there are many deceivers who have never been in poverty, who have not been crippled as they claim to be, and whose houses have not been burned down. They play on our gullibility, kindness, responsiveness and simply extort money. But that doesn't mean that because there are a few scammers, no one should be helped! Tell me, what would you choose for yourself: stand with an outstretched hand or give alms?

- Of course, give alms.

You see, and all because giving is much easier than asking. When a person gives, he feels joy, satisfaction, he is not humiliated, but is elevated in soul.

- Father Alexander, as far as I know, the Church allocates two alms - material and spiritual. If everything is more or less clear with the first, then I would like to know more about the second.

Nowadays, unfortunately, it is less common, although it is often much more valuable than material. It is a pity that today we have forgotten how to listen and hear, thereby providing each other with spiritual charity. Prayer is one of the most important manifestations of spiritual almsgiving. For example, a neighbor came to you with some kind of misfortune or problem, but you know that you cannot provide her with financial assistance. However, you are able to express your compassion and complicity through prayer. God knows who needs what. Therefore, it is not necessary to name a specific request in prayer. You just need to pray for the person so that the Lord will have mercy on him. God's mercy will manifest itself in whatever he needs today.

Timely advice is also spiritual charity. If you share your life experience or simply listen carefully to a person, this will also be spiritual charity. Any of us, once in difficult situation, especially needs affection and attention. And if we are told a kind word from a loving heart, it gives a positive spiritual impulse that inspires and strengthens us, which is accompanied by joy and spiritual uplift. So almsgiving can be expressed in a kind word. Even our good thought about a bad person, regret about his fall, is also a kind of alms.

— Many lay people believe that when you give alms, God forgives all sins. Is this really true?

It is impossible to pay off sins with the help of material offerings. Just as it is impossible to make a deal with God and with your conscience. Sin can be expiated through repentance, daily prayers. Repentance is not only an “act of contrition,” but also a transformation of one’s own mind, a change in one’s own life, working on oneself, living according to the commandments. If the Lord sees that a person has repented and is changing his life, he will definitely forgive and accept the sacrifice made from a pure heart.

— There are times when it takes more Christian charity to not give money than to give it. Take, for example, drunkards who beg for alms, clearly not for bread and butter. What do you say about this?

-- There is no universal answer to the question “to give” or “not to give.” Even among the holy fathers there are different attitude to alms. Some say that the main virtue is prudence. If our help panders to someone else’s laziness, idleness, deceit, and even more so drunkenness or other passion, then this help will not bring good. Filaret the Merciful, for example, advised giving to everyone, but how a person disposes of alms is a matter of his conscience. Saint John Zlotoust believed: you should always give alms, even if you see that it is a drunkard or a thief. “Give it to him,” he said, “and he won’t go stealing or satisfying his sinful desires.” True, this was during the Byzantine Empire, when there was no social support like we have today. Also in his writings, he expressed a useful thought: “If you argue about who to give and who not to give, then... you will come to the conclusion that you will not give to anyone.”

Saint righteous John Kronstadtsky described an instructive incident. Somehow he was taught that he should give the first person he met a large sum. One day, John of Kronstadt was hurrying to the parish for the morning service, and a drunken man walked towards him. naval officer. Father remembered the admonition and gave a lot of money. After some time, an absolutely sober officer came to John of Kronstadt and thanked him for saving him from a terrible sin.
- suicide. As it turned out, the officer was either lost or broke, and he had a wife and children. In despair, he got drunk and wanted to drown himself. The money the priest gave saved his life.

So, if you want to help a person, help, first of all, his soul, which must prevail over the flesh, over the passions.

- Father Alexander, what happens if you don’t give alms?

The Lord will ask us for everything. Even in prayers it is said: we will be responsible not only for what we did bad, but also for what we did not do good when there was an opportunity. Saint Simeon the New Theologian said: “Leaving inappropriate inquisitiveness, give alms to all those in need and do this with great generosity, so that on the day of the future Judgment we ourselves may be rewarded with great alms and condescension from God.” I don't think there's a better way to say it.

The hand of the giver will not fail. Wed. He who gives to the poor will not become poor. Ave. Sol. 28, 27. Wed. Do not harden your heart and do not close your hand against your poor brother. Deut. 15, 7. See Let my hand fail...

Wed. He who gives to the poor will not become poor. Ave. Sol. 28, 27. Wed. Do not harden your heart and do not close your hand before your poor brother. Deut. 15, 7. See, may my hand fail...

The hand of the giver will not fail. The hand of the giver never fails. See TOTALITY STINGY...

- (oath) Wed. Oh, guards and all sorts of quarterly guards from the good old days! May my hand fail if it writes an unkind word about you! Saltykov. Collection. Funeral. Wed. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, forget me, my right hand. Psalm. 136, 5. See... ... Michelson's Large Explanatory and Phraseological Dictionary

May my hand fail (oath). Wed. Oh, watchmen and all sorts of quarterly guards from the good old days! May my hand fail if it writes an unkind word about you! Saltykov. Collection. Funeral. Wed. If I forget you, Jerusalem forget me... ... Michelson's Large Explanatory and Phraseological Dictionary (original spelling)

We will clothe the naked, we will put shoes on the barefoot; Let us feed the greedy, give drink to the greedy, guide the dead, and earn the kingdom of heaven. He who feeds the orphans knows God (or: God knows him). Collect with one hand, distribute with the other! Reap with one hand, this with the other! The hand of the giver is not... V.I. Dahl. Proverbs of the Russian people

Or to deplete, to impoverish something, to diminish, to reduce the quantity. The earth will lose its wear and tear. | whom, to impoverish, to force to become poor, to be destitute and to be poor in anything, to need anything. To become impoverished, to be impoverished or impoverished, to become poor, to be poor, to become wretched, to become meager, ... ... Dictionary Dahl

1. YES, particle. 1. Expresses agreement when answering (opposite: no). Are you here? Yes. Was my name? Yes. Have we met somewhere? Yes, definitely. Do I love this woman? Yes, and a thousand times yes. // Confirms what was previously stated; really, completely... Encyclopedic Dictionary

SCARY, eat, eat; imperfect (book). Become meager, poor, meager, poorer. Supplies are not running low. S. mind who n. (stupid, foolish). | Sovereign become scarce, eat it, eat it. The hand of the giver will never fail (aphorism). | noun impoverishment, I, cf. Intelligent... ... Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary

One of the main spiritual and moral foundations of Holy Rus'. Its essence was the predominance of spiritual and moral motives of life behavior over material interests. In the souls of our ancestors, primarily peasants, there lived a sense of justice,... ... Russian history

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