Bible Verses About Volunteer Work
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for volunteer work, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,137 votes, led by Acts 20:35. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Volunteer Work
Acts 20:35254 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.
Isaiah 58:10-11122 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:
Luke 6:3890 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 12:6-880 votes
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Colossians 3:2361 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Matthew 7:1260 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
James 2:14-2454 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Hebrews 13:15-1645 votes
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Hebrews 13:1-337 votes
Let brotherly love continue.
Luke 6:3135 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
John 13:34-3533 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Proverbs 28:2730 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Deuteronomy 15:7-1125 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 25:31-4623 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:
Romans 15:1-223 votes
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Hebrews 13:1822 votes
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
Matthew 5:4216 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Philippians 4:8-916 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 Peter 2:1-2516 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Proverbs 14:2115 votes
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Luke 21:1-414 votes
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Matthew 6:31-3413 votes
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Philippians 2:212 votes
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
1 John 3:1811 votes
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Deuteronomy 16:19-2010 votes
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
What does the Bible say about volunteer work?
Readers most often cite Acts 20:35 on the subject of volunteer work. Across 1,137 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 58:10-11, Luke 6:38, Romans 12:6-8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.