Bible Verses About Helping Those in Need
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for helping those in need, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 261,477 votes, led by Proverbs 19:17. Each passage links into the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Helping Those in Need
Proverbs 19:177,784 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Acts 20:357,357 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.
Deuteronomy 15:116,524 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 22:96,285 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Galatians 6:26,182 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Matthew 5:425,925 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Luke 6:385,787 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 13:165,738 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Proverbs 14:315,182 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Luke 12:33-345,071 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 25:35-405,001 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 28:274,738 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Philippians 2:44,737 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
1 John 3:174,031 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?
Romans 12:133,954 votes
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
James 2:14-173,562 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Matthew 5:163,432 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
James 1:273,161 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.
Matthew 10:83,051 votes
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Romans 15:13,003 votes
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Proverbs 3:272,971 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
1 John 3:17-182,969 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?
Ephesians 4:282,944 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.
Luke 3:10-112,917 votes
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
John 15:122,886 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.