Bible Verses About The Needy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the needy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 737 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 The Needy
Proverbs 19:1731 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 22:928 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Deuteronomy 15:1127 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 14:3125 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Luke 12:33-3424 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.
Proverbs 28:2723 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Matthew 19:2120 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.
Acts 20:3520 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.
James 1:2720 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.
1 John 3:1719 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?
Deuteronomy 15:7-817 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 21:1317 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Luke 6:3817 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.
1 John 3:17-1817 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?
Deuteronomy 15:1016 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.
Luke 12:3316 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.
Proverbs 14:2115 votes
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Jeremiah 22:1615 votes
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:4915 votes
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Matthew 25:3515 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:
Galatians 2:1015 votes
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Matthew 5:4214 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Hebrews 13:1614 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Psalms 82:313 votes
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalms 140:1213 votes
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
What does the Bible say about the needy?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:17 on the subject of the needy. Across 737 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:9, Deuteronomy 15:11, Proverbs 14:31. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.