46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

and any one of you may say to them, 'Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what is the profit?

and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.

The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled with goodness.

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah am your God.'

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst -- at any time;

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

'Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.

And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the little dogs.'

The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

'And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

And Jesus said to them, 'They have no need to go away -- give ye them to eat.'

and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?

Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

'Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, 'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.'

unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then it is well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

And his disciples say to him, 'Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

Woe to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. 'Woe to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

'Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread.