Bible Verses About Hospitality
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hospitality, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 11,220 votes, led by Hebrews 13:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hospitality
Hebrews 13:21,104 votes
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
1 Peter 4:9939 votes
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Romans 12:13661 votes
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Matthew 25:34-46479 votes
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Leviticus 19:34418 votes
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Titus 1:8395 votes
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Luke 14:12-14323 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.
1 Timothy 3:2270 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 5:10265 votes
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Acts 28:2225 votes
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Colossians 3:23-24225 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Mark 9:41186 votes
For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Hebrews 13:16167 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Ephesians 6:7166 votes
With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Romans 16:2161 votes
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Isaiah 58:7155 votes
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
3 John 1:5-8145 votes
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
Genesis 18:1-8133 votes
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Matthew 25:40130 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.
2 Kings 4:8-17106 votes
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
Job 31:32106 votes
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Exodus 23:9104 votes
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Galatians 6:10104 votes
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Luke 10:38-42103 votes
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke 10:38100 votes
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
What does the Bible say about hospitality?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:2 on the subject of hospitality. Across 11,220 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 4:9, Romans 12:13, Matthew 25:34-46. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.