Do All Poor Deserve Charity? What Does the Bible Say?

How do we square these two passages from Paul?
 

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12(NKJV)

10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 

11For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. 

12Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

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2 Corinthians 8:13-15(NKJV)

13For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened; 

14but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack—that there may be equality. 

15As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.” £

The first one is pretty clear.  You don't work you don't eat.  The second one seems to contradict the first by saying that you need to supply "their lack from your abundance".  There is no qualifier about the need to work. 

So which is it?

This is an example of why you need to take the Bible in it's entirety.  Many people think that any and all poor are entitled to charity no matter what the circumstances.  I don't think that is true Scripturally.  Let me explain.

 In the example above Paul makes a distinction in his statement.  It explains why some people don't deserve to be fed if they don't work.

1For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. 

12Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

Paul seems to be saying that there are some out there who don't work even though they have the ability, which would generally make them poor wouldn't it?  And those people who are able but don't work don't deserve to be fed.  Now the reasoning is open to speculation but I bet it goes something like this.

The reason they don't deserve charity is that their poverty and lack of food is of their own making.  They have the ability to feed themselves but choose not to.  They go around stirring up trouble instead.  (The disorderly busybody reference)

Contrast that with people who just focus on the Scriptures that say feed the poor with no qualifiers. 

The example above in not the only verse in the Bible that defines who should receive charity but I'll let you look for some of the others on your own.  And let me be vary clear.  I'm not against helping those truly in need.  Just not interested in helping the lazy.