Scriptures about the poor, giving to the needy, and caring for those in need.
11 Scriptures · “Father’s Blessing” Bible
Proverbs 19:17
Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his good deed.
Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor insults their Maker, but whoever honors Him is gracious to the needy.
Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.
Matthew 25:35–40
35 For I was hungry, and you gave Me food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you welcomed Me; 36 I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. 37 Then the righteous will answer Him, saying: Lord! When did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and welcome You, or naked and clothe You? 39 When did we see You sick or in prison and come to You? 40 And the King will answer them: Truly I say to you, insofar as you did this to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.
Matthew 6:2–4
2 Therefore, when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by people. Truly I say to you: They have already received their reward. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.
James 2:15–16
15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and well fed,” but does not give them what the body needs, what good is it?
Deuteronomy 15:7–11
7 If there is anyone among your brothers who is poor in any of the towns in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother. 8 Rather, open your hand to him and lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that because of this you look unkindly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will then cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 10 Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake. 11 There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you: Be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.
Luke 14:12–14
12 Then Jesus said to His host: “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back, and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Acts 20:35
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus Himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
1 John 3:17–18
17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Psalm 41:1
For the choir director. A psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor [and needy]! The Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble.
