Bible Verses About Feeding the Hungry
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for feeding the hungry, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 25,622 votes, led by Matthew 25:35. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Feeding the Hungry
Matthew 25:351,786 votes
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Isaiah 58:101,261 votes
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
James 2:14-18893 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Proverbs 28:27775 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
1 John 3:17-18762 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?
Proverbs 14:31716 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Luke 3:11708 votes
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Proverbs 22:9680 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 19:17589 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
John 6:35547 votes
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Matthew 25:37-40523 votes
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matthew 14:15-21436 votes
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Proverbs 31:20420 votes
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Deuteronomy 15:7349 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:
Matthew 25:34-46328 votes
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Galatians 6:2301 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Matthew 25:40278 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.
Isaiah 58:7256 votes
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Romans 12:20254 votes
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Ezekiel 18:7244 votes
And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Psalms 146:7241 votes
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
Proverbs 25:21234 votes
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
James 1:27223 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.
James 2:15214 votes
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Deuteronomy 24:19210 votes
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
What does the Bible say about feeding the hungry?
Readers most often cite Matthew 25:35 on the subject of feeding the hungry. Across 25,622 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 58:10, James 2:14-18, Proverbs 28:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.