46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For I was hungry and you gave me [something] to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me [something] to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me as a guest,

For I was hungry and you did not give me [anything] to eat, I was thirsty and you did not give me [anything] to drink,

I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you cared for me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him [something] to drink; for [by] doing this, you will heap up coals of fire upon his head."

But whenever you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

and one of you should say to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and {eat well}," but does not give them what is necessary for the body, what [is] the benefit?

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining [matters] whenever I come.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

You have given no water [for the] weary to drink, and you withheld food from [the] hungry.

for he satisfies [the] longing soul, and [the] hungry soul he fills with good.

And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits [me] nothing.

For the poor will not cease to be {among you} [in] the land; therefore I [am] commanding you, {saying}, 'You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor [that are] in your land.'

Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.

And when you reap the harvest of your land, you must not finish the edge of your field at your reaping, and you must not glean the remnants of your harvest--you shall leave them behind for the needy and for the alien; I [am] Yahweh your God.'"

if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy [the] appetite of [the] afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness [will be] like noon.

"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

I know [how] both {to make do with little} and I know [how] {to have an abundance}. In everything and in all [things] I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both {to have an abundance} and to go without.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty again.

[who] executes justice for the oppressed, [who] gives food for the hungry. Yahweh sets prisoners free;

If your enemy [is] hungry, feed him bread, and if thirsty, let him drink water.

Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and not serve you?'

[There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}.

And [the] firstborn of [the] poor will graze, and [the] needy will lie down in security; but I will cause your root to die in famine, and it will kill your remnant.

And he said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw [it] to the dogs!"

He has filled those who are hungry with good [things], and those who are rich he has sent away empty-handed.

And he humbled you and let you go hungry, and [then] he fed you with that which you did not know nor did your ancestors know, in order to make you know that not by bread alone but by all [that] goes out of the mouth of Yahweh humankind shall live.

[People] do not despise a thief when he steals to fill himself when he is hungry.

But Jesus said to them, "They do not {need} to go away. You give them [something] to eat."

And when did we see you a stranger and welcome [you] as a guest, or naked and clothe [you]?

Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.

and was longing to be filled with what fell from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs came [and] licked his sores.

Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed [you], or thirsty and give [you something] to drink?

And Jesus summoned his disciples [and] said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat, and I do not want to send them away hungry lest they give out on the way."

Until the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty and poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless,

He will take pity on [the] helpless and needy, and [the] lives of [the] needy he will save.

He judged [the] legal cause of [the] needy and [the] poor, [and] then it was well. {Is that not what it means to know me}?" {declares} Yahweh.

And the disciples said to him, "Where in [this] desolate place {can we get} so much bread that such a great crowd could be satisfied?"

If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,

Yahweh will not cause a righteous person to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.

And taking the five loaves and the two fish, [and] looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them and began giving [them] to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Woe to you who are satisfied now, because you will be hungry. Woe, you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.

Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need.

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

"{Why} was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.