Eccl. 5:13,15; Jacob 2:13-19; D&C 56:16; 104:16-18; Matt. 25:40; Conference Report, Apr. 1898, pp. 46-47; refer in this text to Jacob 2:13-17
“It is better to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.” (Joseph Smith, as quoted in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol. 9, Ch. 8, p. 226)
“Suppose that in this community there are ten beggars who beg from door to door for something to eat, and that nine of them are imposters who beg to escape work… . [What is your choice?] To give food to the ten, … or to repulse the ten because you do not know which is the worthy one? You will all say, administer charitable gifts to the ten, rather than turn away the only truly worthy … person among them. If you do this, it will make no difference in your blessings, whether you administer to worthy or unworthy persons, inasmuch as you give alms with a single eye to assist the truly needy.” (Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 274)