25 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

"'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;

"for I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

"'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.'

On the contrary, therefore, If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

"But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, find warmth and food for yourselves," but at the same time you do not give the necessaries of the body, what good would that do them?

If any one is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings do not bring condemnation upon you. The other matters I will adjust when I come.

And though I sell all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it avails me nothing.

"Blessed are you who are hungry now, For you shall be filled. "Blessed are you who are wailing now, For you shall laugh.

I know how to live humbly, and I also know how to bear prosperity. In every place and under all circumstances I have been initiated into the secret of fulness and of hunger, of prosperity and of want.

"I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.

"Then will they also answer, 'Master, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

"Let the children be filled first," he said to her. "It is unseemly to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

"The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away.

"They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat."

"'When did we see you a stranger and take you in; or naked and clothe you?

"He was full of sores, and longingly desired to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes! even the dogs came and licked his sores.

"Then shall the righteous answer him, saying. 'Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink?

But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."

Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.

"In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

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

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up in heaven, he blessed them, broke them in pieces, and began to giving to his disciples to apportion among the crowd.

"Woe unto you who are full now! For you shall suffer hunger. "Woe to you who are laughing now! For you shall wail and weep.

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