25 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For when I was hungry, you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger, you invited me to your homes,

For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat, and when I was thirsty you gave me nothing to drink,

when I had no clothes, you gave me clothes, when I was sick, you looked after me, when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

No! If your enemy is hungry, feed him! If he is thirsty, give him something to drink! For if you do, you will heap burning coals upon his head!

But when you give an entertainment, invite people who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind.

and one of you says to them, "Goodbye, keep warm and have plenty to eat," without giving them the necessaries of life, what good does it do?

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring down a judgment upon you. The details I will settle when I come.

Even if I give away everything I own, and give myself up, but do it in pride, not love, it does me no good.

"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied! "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh!

I know how to live humbly and I know how to enjoy plenty. I have learned the secret, in any and all conditions, of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of going without.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty.

Then they in their turn will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or in need of clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait upon you?'

He said to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

He has satisfied the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty-handed.

But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away. Give them food yourselves."

When did we see you a stranger, and invite you home, or without clothing, and supply you with it?

and eager to satisfy his hunger with what was thrown away from the rich man's table. Why, the very dogs came and licked his sores.

Then the upright will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food, or thirsty, and give you something to drink?

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, "I pity these people for they have been staying with me three days now and they have nothing left to eat, and I do not mean to send them away hungry, for they may give out on the way."

To this day we have gone hungry, thirsty, and ill-clad; we have had rough usage, we have had no home,

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get bread enough in this solitude to feed such a crowd?"

If some brother or sister has no clothes and has not food enough for a day,

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them, and he broke them in pieces and gave them to the disciples to pass to the people.

"Alas for you who have plenty to eat now, for you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep!

"Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars, and the money given to the poor?"