Bible Verses About Serving the Poor
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for serving the poor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 23,365 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 Serving the Poor
Proverbs 19:17791 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 14:31673 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs 22:9619 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
1 John 3:17-18536 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?
Proverbs 28:27445 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Isaiah 58:10414 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:
Acts 20:35410 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 15:11395 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.
Galatians 2:10381 votes
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Luke 14:12-14362 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.
James 1:27353 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 19:21334 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 21:13328 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Deuteronomy 15:10-11326 votes
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Proverbs 14:21323 votes
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
1 John 3:17311 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?
Proverbs 29:7305 votes
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Matthew 5:42302 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Deuteronomy 15:7-8296 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:
Matthew 25:31-46295 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:
Luke 12:33259 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 6:38257 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.
Luke 12:33-34254 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 3:11248 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 31:8-9243 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
What does the Bible say about serving the poor?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:17 on the subject of serving the poor. Across 23,365 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 22:9, 1 John 3:17-18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.