![]() The first connecting of charity and home is found in the English satirist John Marston’s play Histrio-Mastix, (published in 1610 but may have been first performed in the late 16th century): ![]() John Wyclif had expressed the same idea as early as 1382, in Of Prelates, reprinted in English Works, 1880: The notion that a man's family should be his foremost concern is expressed in 1 Timothy 5:8, King James Bible, 1611:īut if any provide not for his owne, & specially for those of his owne house, hee hath denied the faith, and is worse then an infidel. 'Charity begins at home' isn't from the bible but it is so near to being so that it is reasonable to describe it as biblical. What's the origin of the phrase 'Charity begins at home'? The proverb 'charity begins at home' expresses the overriding demand to take care of one's family, before caring for others. ![]()
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