Bible Verses About Beggars
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for beggars, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,591 votes, led by Matthew 5:42. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Beggars
Matthew 5:4267 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Mark 10:46-5258 votes
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Acts 3:1-655 votes
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
1 John 3:1734 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Matthew 25:4033 votes
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Proverbs 14:20-2129 votes
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Ephesians 2:8-928 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Proverbs 3:2725 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Psalms 107:28-4321 votes
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
James 4:1720 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Psalms 84:11-1219 votes
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Philippians 2:4-819 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Psalms 41:1-318 votes
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
Mark 6:3418 votes
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Ruth 1:19-2217 votes
So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
2 Kings 7:3-917 votes
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
Job 16:2-517 votes
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Psalms 37:3-417 votes
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Psalms 147:5-717 votes
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Deuteronomy 10:17-2016 votes
For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Psalms 50:1516 votes
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Luke 14:12-1416 votes
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
Acts 10:34-3516 votes
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
James 1:1716 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Isaiah 1:16-2015 votes
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
What does the Bible say about beggars?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:42 on the subject of beggars. Across 1,591 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 10:46-52, Acts 3:1-6, 1 John 3:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.