Bible Verses About Helping the Poor
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for helping the poor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 323,455 votes, led by Proverbs 19:17. Each passage links into the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Helping the Poor
Proverbs 19:179,187 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 22:98,254 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 14:318,030 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Deuteronomy 15:116,470 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.
Proverbs 28:276,240 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Galatians 2:105,518 votes
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Proverbs 14:215,298 votes
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Acts 20:354,820 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.
Proverbs 21:134,781 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
James 1:274,764 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.
Luke 14:12-144,588 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 5:424,555 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Deuteronomy 15:7-84,134 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 29:74,059 votes
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Luke 12:33-343,972 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.
Isaiah 58:103,887 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:
1 John 3:173,863 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?
Psalms 140:123,722 votes
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Luke 3:113,670 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 31:8-93,661 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Luke 6:383,561 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.
2 Corinthians 8:93,532 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.
Matthew 19:213,506 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 22:22-233,492 votes
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
1 John 3:17-183,262 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?