Bible Verses About Helping
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for helping, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 751 votes, led by Matthew 25:35-36. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Helping
Matthew 25:35-3680 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:
Philippians 2:452 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Matthew 25:35-4047 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:
Deuteronomy 22:438 votes
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
Galatians 6:233 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Proverbs 22:927 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
James 1:2727 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.
Deuteronomy 15:1124 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.
Acts 20:3523 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.
John 15:1222 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Proverbs 19:1720 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Luke 12:3320 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 John 3:1720 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 5:4218 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
John 3:16-1717 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
James 2:14-1717 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Hebrews 13:1616 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Proverbs 28:2715 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Luke 12:33-3415 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 3:10-1114 votes
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
Luke 6:3814 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.
Romans 15:114 votes
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Proverbs 14:3113 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Romans 12:1313 votes
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Ephesians 5:113 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
What does the Bible say about helping?
Readers most often cite Matthew 25:35-36 on the subject of helping. Across 751 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 2:4, Matthew 25:35-40, Deuteronomy 22:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.