Bible Verses About Giving to the Needy
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for giving to the needy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 229,585 votes, led by Proverbs 19:17. Each passage links into the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Giving to the Needy
Proverbs 19:174,783 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Acts 20:354,416 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.
2 Corinthians 9:74,257 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 6:383,983 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.
Hebrews 13:163,807 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Proverbs 22:93,714 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Matthew 6:1-43,536 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.
1 John 3:173,121 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?
Luke 12:33-343,078 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.
Matthew 5:422,948 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew 19:212,895 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 14:312,675 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Matthew 6:12,552 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.
Luke 14:12-142,539 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.
Matthew 25:402,460 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.
Matthew 6:22,459 votes
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Mark 12:41-442,456 votes
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
2 Corinthians 9:62,440 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Proverbs 28:272,406 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Luke 12:332,299 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.
Deuteronomy 15:102,242 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.
Deuteronomy 15:7-82,162 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:
Proverbs 21:262,142 votes
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Proverbs 3:272,127 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Malachi 3:102,093 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.