50 Bible Verses about Helping The Poor

If I have disturbed the desire of the poor or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless who had no one to help him.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Is this not to know me? said the LORD.

He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.

Blessed is he that understands regarding the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

to turn aside the poor from right judgment and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people that widows may be their prey and that they may rob the fatherless!

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas; this woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

I was a father to the needy; and the cause which I did not know I searched out.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore, I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They already have their reward.

Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard.

If there should be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy towns in thy land which the LORD thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother,

Is it not to share thy bread with the hungry and that thou bring the poor that are cast out into thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou not hide thyself from thy brother?

For the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

For he shall deliver the destitute when he cries and the poor that has no helper.

For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will, ye may do them good; but me ye have not always.

Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction and makes his families like a flock.

He shall judge the poor of the people; he shall save the children of the destitute and shall break in pieces the violent.

He that gives unto the poor shall never lack, but he that hides his eyes from the poor shall have many a curse.

He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches and who gives to the rich shall surely come to want.

He shall have mercy on the poor and destitute and shall save the souls of the poor in spirit.

The rich and poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.

For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

Do right concerning the poor and fatherless; do justice to the poor and destitute.

When I am poor and needy; the Lord will remember me; thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

I know that the LORD will effect the judgment of the poor and the judgment of the destitute.

Deliver the poor and destitute; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

so that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the LORD; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

Caph She stretched out her hand to the poor; yea, she reached forth her hands to the destitute.

This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag and would take from what was put therein.

I will also leave in the midst of thee a poor and humble people, and they shall wait in the name of the LORD.

But I am poor and destitute; make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor in spirit to save his soul from those that judge him.

learn to do good; seek judgment; restore unto the oppressed; hear the fatherless in right judgment; protect the widow.

Keep thyself that there not be a thought of Belial in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother to give him nothing; for he shall cry unto the LORD against thee, and it shall be a sin unto thee.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the weakness of the poor is their poverty.

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.

They drink and forget their need and remember their misery no more.

Only they asked that we should remember the poor; the same which I was also diligent to do.

The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment:

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profits me nothing.

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.