32 Bible Verses about Beggars

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Luke 16:3

Then the manager said to himself, What shall I do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Matthew 18:26-32

So the slave fell down at his feet and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you every cent of it.' And his master's heart was moved with pity, and he let the slave go free with his debt cancelled. "But that slave went out and found one of his fellow-slaves who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, demanding, 'Pay me what you owe me!'read more.
"And his fellow-slave fell down before him and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.' But he refused and went out and had him put in jail until he should pay the debt. "When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly troubled, and went and reported all that happened to their master. Then his master called to him, and said, 'I cancelled all that huge debt of yours, because you pleaded with me to do so.

Mark 10:46

Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho, with His disciples and a great crowd, Timeus' son, Bartimeus, a blind beggar, was sitting on the roadside.

Luke 18:35

As He was approaching Jericho, a blind man chanced to be sitting by the roadside begging.

Luke 16:20-21

And a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been laid at his gate, and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores.

John 9:8

Now his neighbors and those who saw that he was formerly blind, kept saying, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

Acts 3:2-3

when a man crippled from his birth was being carried by, who used to be laid every day at what was called The Beautiful Gate of the temple, to beg from people on their way into the temple. So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them to give him something.

John 12:8

for you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

Luke 6:30

Practice giving to everyone who asks of you, and stop demanding back your goods from him who takes them away.

Luke 16:27

Then he said, 'For this reason, I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house

Matthew 14:35-36

And the men of that place recognized Him, and sent into all the countryside and brought to Him all who were sick, and they continued to beg Him to let them touch just the tassel on His coat, and all who barely touched it were completely cured.

Mark 6:56

And whatever villages or towns or country places He came to, they would lay the sick in the market-places and beg Him to let them touch just the tassel of His coat, and everybody that touched it was cured.

Matthew 8:31

And the demons kept begging Him and saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs."

Mark 5:12

And they begged Him, "Send us among the hogs, so that we can get into them."

Luke 8:32

Now there was a large drove of hogs feeding there on the hillside. So they begged Him to let them go into those hogs. And He let them do so.

Mark 7:26

She was a heathen who spoke Greek and had been born in Syro-Phenicia. And she kept begging Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Mark 7:32

And they brought to Him a man who was deaf and almost dumb, and they begged Him to lay His hand upon him.

Mark 10:47

When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, you son of David, do pity me!"

Luke 5:12

Now while He was in one of the towns, a man covered with leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face and begged Him, saying, "Lord, if you choose to, you can cure me."

Mark 1:40

There came to Him a leper, begging Him on his knees, saying to Him, "If you want to, you can cure me."

Luke 8:28

When he saw Jesus, he screamed and flung himself down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

Luke 9:38-40

Then a man in the crowd at once shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, because he is my only child; all at once a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams, and it convulses him until he foams at the mouth, and in a struggle it bruises him and then leaves him. I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not."

John 4:47

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to Him and began to beg Him to come down and cure his son, for he was at the point of death.

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Beggars » General references to

Beggars » Examples of

John 9:8

Now his neighbors and those who saw that he was formerly blind, kept saying, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

Acts 3:2

when a man crippled from his birth was being carried by, who used to be laid every day at what was called The Beautiful Gate of the temple, to beg from people on their way into the temple.

Mark 10:46

Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho, with His disciples and a great crowd, Timeus' son, Bartimeus, a blind beggar, was sitting on the roadside.

Luke 16:20

And a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been laid at his gate,

Beggars » The children of the wicked

Luke 16:3

Then the manager said to himself, What shall I do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Beggars » Instances of » Lazarus

Luke 16:20-22

And a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been laid at his gate, and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores. One day the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to be Abraham's bosom companion, and the rich man too died and was buried.

Beggars » Instances of » The lame man

Acts 3:2-5

when a man crippled from his birth was being carried by, who used to be laid every day at what was called The Beautiful Gate of the temple, to beg from people on their way into the temple. So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them to give him something. Peter looked him straight in the eye, and so did John, and said, "Look at us." read more.
The beggar looked at them, supposing that he was going to get something from them.

Beggars » Instances of » Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46

Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho, with His disciples and a great crowd, Timeus' son, Bartimeus, a blind beggar, was sitting on the roadside.

Beggars » Not the seed of the righteous

Beggars » Instances of » The blind man

John 9:8

Now his neighbors and those who saw that he was formerly blind, kept saying, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

Beggars » Set among princes

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