50 Bible Verses about Helping The Poor

"When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain?

"For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help.

Yea when he helped the oppressed and poor to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this? But only because he had me before his eyes, sayeth the LORD.

He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the LORD; and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.

wherethrough the poor are oppressed on every side, and the innocents of my people are therewith robbed of judgment: that widows may be your prey, and that ye may rob the fatherless.

There was at Joppa a certain woman, which was a disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: the same was full of good works and alms deeds, which she did.

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

I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently.

For the land shall never be without poor. Wherefore I command thee, saying, 'Open thine hand unto thy brother that is needy and poor in thy land.'

Whensoever therefore thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, for to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

Whoso stoppeth his ear at the crying of the poor; he shall cry himself and not be heard.

When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poor in any of thy cities within thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, see that thou harden not thine heart nor shut to thine hand from thy poor brother:

Yea, and to break the bread to the hungry; and to bring the poor that are harborless unto house; and when thou seest a naked, that thou clothe him and that thou shouldest withdraw thyself from helping thine own flesh?

For the poor shall not always be forgotten; the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish forever.

For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.

For ye shall have poor with you always: and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye shall not have always.

yet helpeth he the poor out of misery, and maketh him a household like a flock of sheep.

He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

He that giveth unto the poor, shall not want; but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself.

Whoso doth a poor man wrong, to increase his own riches, and giveth unto the rich to please him, at the last cometh to poverty himself.

He shall be favorable to the simple and poor; he shall preserve the souls of such as be in adversity.

Whether riches or poverty do meet us, it cometh all of God.

For ye shall have poor folk always with you: but me shall ye not have always.

Defend the poor and fatherless, see that such as be in need and necessity have right.

As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.

O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor, and my heart is wounded within me.

Sure I am, that the LORD will avenge the poor, and maintain the cause of the helpless.

Deliver the outcast and poor, and save them from the hand of the ungodly.

Insomuch that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in necessity.

"Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor, I will arise," saith the LORD, "and will help them, and set them at rest."

"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

She openeth her hand to the poor, yea she stretcheth forth her hands to such as have need

This said he, not that he cared for the poor: but because he was a thief, and kept the bag, and bare that which was given.

In thee also will I leave a small, poor, simple people: which shall trust in the name of the LORD.

As for me, I am poor and in misery; haste thee unto me, O God. Thou art my help, my redeemer, and my God: O make no long tarrying.

for he standeth at the righthand of the poor, to save him from such as condemn his soul.

Study to do righteously, and help the oppressed. Avenge the fatherless and defend the cause of widows. Come, let us show each his grief to other and make an atonement, saith the LORD.

And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee.

The rich man's goods are his stronghold; but poverty oppresseth the poor.

He that doth a poor man wrong, blasphemeth his maker; but whoso hath pity of the poor, doth honour unto God.

that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.

warning only that we should remember the poor, which thing also I was diligent to do.

Who so despiseth his neighbour, doth amiss; but blessed is he that hath pity of the poor.

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

And though I bestowed all my goods to feed the poor, and though I gave my body even that I burned, and yet had no love, it profiteth me nothing.

Nevertheless, ye give alms of that ye have, and behold: all is clean to you.

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