Bible Verses About Charity
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for charity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,619 votes, led by Acts 20:35. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Charity
Acts 20:35708 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Hebrews 13:16619 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Matthew 6:1-4540 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Proverbs 19:17456 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Luke 21:1-4335 votes
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
1 John 3:17332 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?
2 Corinthians 9:7329 votes
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Luke 12:33281 votes
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Luke 6:38241 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13198 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Matthew 5:42190 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Hebrews 13:2188 votes
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Deuteronomy 15:7-11184 votes
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
1 Corinthians 13:13177 votes
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Proverbs 21:13176 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Colossians 3:14132 votes
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Corinthians 8:1124 votes
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
1 Timothy 1:5123 votes
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
1 Corinthians 16:14117 votes
Let all your things be done with charity.
Acts 9:36111 votes
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
1 Corinthians 13:3111 votes
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:4111 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:8111 votes
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1 Peter 4:8111 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
1 Timothy 4:12106 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
What does the Bible say about charity?
Readers most often cite Acts 20:35 on the subject of charity. Across 10,619 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:16, Matthew 6:1-4, Proverbs 19:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.