46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

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

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don't turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well," but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.

You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.'"

You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing.

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

vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

Then they too will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?'

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors.

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs."

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.

People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

But he replied, "They don't need to go. You give them something to eat."

When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you?

Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.

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

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.' The Lord says, 'That is a good example of what it means to know me.'

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

"Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?"

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.