Bible Verses About Caring for Others
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for caring for others, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 15,218 votes, led by Philippians 2:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Caring for Others
Philippians 2:42,926 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Ephesians 4:32676 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
John 13:34-35609 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 John 3:17-18539 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?
1 Timothy 5:8472 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Proverbs 21:13399 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Matthew 25:40320 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.
Galatians 6:9-10320 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:2278 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:11271 votes
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Proverbs 19:17252 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
James 1:27244 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Proverbs 28:27239 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
James 2:14-17222 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Matthew 25:31-46215 votes
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Colossians 3:12184 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
1 Peter 5:7180 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 John 3:17177 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?
John 3:16164 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Galatians 5:22163 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 6:10155 votes
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Matthew 5:42154 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Deuteronomy 15:11153 votes
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Romans 15:1141 votes
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Exodus 17:12133 votes
But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
What does the Bible say about caring for others?
Readers most often cite Philippians 2:4 on the subject of caring for others. Across 15,218 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:32, John 13:34-35, 1 John 3:17-18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.