Bible Verses About Giving to Poor
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for giving to poor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 421 votes, led by Luke 6:38. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Giving to Poor
Luke 6:3841 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.
Acts 20:3538 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.
Matthew 25:31-4625 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:
1 John 3:1725 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 6:1-422 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.
Matthew 19:2122 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 19:1718 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 22:916 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 28:2716 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Malachi 3:1016 votes
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Luke 3:1116 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.
Hebrews 13:1615 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
2 Corinthians 9:714 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.
Matthew 5:4213 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
1 Timothy 5:813 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.
Luke 12:3312 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.
1 Corinthians 9:1412 votes
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
1 Timothy 5:1812 votes
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Deuteronomy 15:1011 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.
Proverbs 14:3111 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Matthew 23:2311 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Ephesians 4:2811 votes
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
James 1:2711 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.
2 Corinthians 8:910 votes
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Hebrews 7:1-2810 votes
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
What does the Bible say about giving to poor?
Readers most often cite Luke 6:38 on the subject of giving to poor. Across 421 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 20:35, Matthew 25:31-46, 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.