Bible Verses About Volunteering
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for volunteering, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,292 votes, led by 1 Peter 4:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Volunteering
1 Peter 4:10458 votes
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Galatians 6:10294 votes
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Acts 20:35206 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.
Luke 6:35191 votes
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Luke 12:33-34151 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.
Ephesians 2:10131 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
1 Timothy 6:17-19131 votes
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Proverbs 11:24128 votes
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Colossians 3:23-24122 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Matthew 25:3599 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:
Matthew 25:4066 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.
Matthew 9:3751 votes
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
1 John 3:1839 votes
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
2 Corinthians 9:7-936 votes
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Isaiah 6:829 votes
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Galatians 5:13-1428 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
1 Thessalonians 5:1528 votes
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
1 Corinthians 9:17-1922 votes
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
Proverbs 27:214 votes
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Hebrews 6:1014 votes
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
John 13:1-3812 votes
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Philippians 2:1-3012 votes
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Isaiah 58:10-1110 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:
Romans 12:1-2110 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 15:1-3310 votes
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
What does the Bible say about volunteering?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 4:10 on the subject of volunteering. Across 2,292 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 6:10, Acts 20:35, Luke 6:35. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.