Old Testament Commentary

Does anyone know of Jewish text, the text of the Old Testament, or comment, or something like that who argue that it is necessary to help people, even if they do not want the helpa it is a commandment to do good for others, whatever they may thinka or something like thata

thank you!

Yeah ...

"No deed goes unpunished good."

or Hillel. "What is hateful to you, do not do to others."

That means you do not have to go do stuff good to others, that to avoid making bad for them. Which negates the need to run around thinking you're forced to do good things. More importantly, it keeps you away from the masochists .. Think about it. Jesus version of the golden rule has a major flaw in it. Masochistic LIKE to be beaten and whipped. And if the rule is to do unto others as you want them do to you, they feel they can beat you too.

(Little humor there, but it is a loophole.)

However, to answer your question .... to help you but you do not make them take the help. If you force them to take the help that you say you know better than they what they need. It looks like BIG BROTHER. You should always offer help, but if it is denied, you do not have to take them.

it is written that u love your God with all your hear, mind and strength, love thy neighbor as thyself

christian know everyone is waiting to happen according to some witnesses Ha!

Wow. Is not this a good question!

As you say, some people if they need your help may not need your help. I think to help such a person is not to help the person.

There may be greater challenges to achieving the immediate needs. Those who need help, but do not want to help people with are usually a big ego. Sometimes you just have to let these people fall. I say that aid can interfere with the growth of a spiritual person, in this case, the acquisition of humility. It takes a wise person to offer selfless help at the right time.

Now, specifically for examples OT. I'm sorry. I can not think of an example single OT. It's actually probably says something in itself. It may simply be that if you help someone who does not want help, then you do such things at your own risk.

Although I can not think of an instance OT, I can think of an example NT. And it is interesting.

Take the crippled man at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5). Jesus decided to heal the man at the pool of Bethesda, even if man does not ask for it, and it was unclear whether the man even wanted to help. Jesus chose to heal because Jesus loves everyone. But the man continued to make excuses why it can not be cured. After several minutes of whiney excuses of man, Jesus decided to heal anyway.

Some time later, the man again shows "sin." The Bible does not specify that the word "sin." Jesus told the man to "stop sinning or something worse will happen."

So here is a case where Jesus healed a man or not, he wanted to be healed. The immediate result of the treatment is that it has enabled man to sin. We do not know what happens later.

Helping someone who will not be helped can backfire. Some people might be ungrateful for your help (ego). And your help can actually be "casting pearls before swine."