46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.

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

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.

And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs come and licked his sores.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?

And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you , ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?

Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.