DEUT807 [This verse]. The biblical prediction that poverty will never be wholly eradicated has been fully substantiated by history. Even the wealthiest of nations has its share of needy and deprived people.… To give or not to give is a question no one is permitted to dodge. The answer depends upon the individual and his innate disposition. Some give indiscriminately, others are selective, and still others dismiss all requests on the grounds that "they are all phony" or that "charity begins at home." In all honesty, one must admit that not all appeals are a fraud and that charity does not begin at home but in the home.