Bible Verses About Feeding the Poor
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for feeding the poor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,252 votes, led by Proverbs 19:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Feeding the Poor
Proverbs 19:17387 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 22:9332 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Matthew 25:35320 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:
Proverbs 28:27236 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Proverbs 14:31205 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Luke 14:12-14182 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.
Luke 3:11166 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.
Esther 9:22150 votes
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Matthew 14:13-21150 votes
When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
1 John 3:17-18146 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?
Isaiah 58:10140 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:
Matthew 10:42137 votes
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Matthew 6:31132 votes
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Galatians 2:10131 votes
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
James 1:27129 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 21:13126 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Deuteronomy 15:11125 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.
Matthew 19:21120 votes
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Proverbs 14:21115 votes
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Proverbs 29:7113 votes
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Psalms 146:7112 votes
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
Deuteronomy 15:10108 votes
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Romans 12:13107 votes
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Matthew 25:40106 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.
Deuteronomy 15:798 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:
What does the Bible say about feeding the poor?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:17 on the subject of feeding the poor. Across 9,252 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:9, Matthew 25:35, Proverbs 28:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.