Bible Verses About Giving to the Poor
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for giving to the poor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,352 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 Giving to the Poor
Proverbs 19:17154 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Hebrews 13:16125 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Luke 6:38100 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.
Deuteronomy 15:7-1190 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:
Acts 20:3585 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 9:768 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.
Proverbs 22:965 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Matthew 19:2154 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.
Luke 21:1-453 votes
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Luke 12:3350 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 3:1147 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.
Matthew 5:4245 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Malachi 3:1041 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.
Proverbs 21:1337 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
1 Timothy 5:837 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.
Matthew 6:1-435 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 14:3134 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Ephesians 4:2834 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.
Mark 12:41-4433 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.
James 1:2733 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 5:1-633 votes
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Proverbs 14:2132 votes
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Matthew 25:31-4632 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:
Acts 4:32-3531 votes
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Deuteronomy 26:1230 votes
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
What does the Bible say about giving to the poor?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:17 on the subject of giving to the poor. Across 2,352 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:16, Luke 6:38, Deuteronomy 15:7-11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.