Bible Verses About Helping Those in Need

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

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.

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.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

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.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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.

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:

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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?

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth .

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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.

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.