46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:

I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.

And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.

And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you?

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.