25 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome;

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

when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.

But when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;

and one of you says to them, "I wish you well; keep yourselves warm and well fed," and yet you do not give them what they need; what is the use of that?

If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.

And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor, and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love, it profits me nothing.

"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.

I know both how to live in humble circumstances and how to live amid abundance. I am fully initiated into all the mysteries both of fulness and of hunger, of abundance and of want.

"I am the bread of Life," replied Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never, never thirst.

"Then will they also answer, "'Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to serve Thee?'

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

The hungry He has satisfied with choice gifts, But the rich He has sent empty-handed away.

"They need not go away," replied Jesus; "you yourselves must give them something to eat."

When did we see Thee homeless, and give Thee a welcome? or ill-clad, and clothe Thee?

covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.

"'When, Lord,' the righteous will reply, 'did we see Thee hungry, and feed Thee; or thirsty, and give Thee drink?

But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."

To this very moment we endure both hunger and thirst, with scanty clothing and many a blow.

"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"

Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food,

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

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

"Why was not that perfume sold for 300 shillings and the money given to the poor?"