14 Bible Verses about Saints, Care For The Poor

{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.

Just as it is written, "He scattered widely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remains {forever}."

[The] righteous knows [the] case of the poor, but [the] wicked does not understand knowledge.

And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."

But just as you excel in everything--in faith and in speaking and in knowledge and with all diligence and in the love from us [that is] in you--so may you excel in this grace also. I am not saying [this] as a command, but proving the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.

[They asked] only that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.

By all means you must give to him, and {you must not be discontented} at your giving to him, because on account of this [very] thing, Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and {in all that you undertake}.

Each one [should give] as he has decided in his heart, not {reluctantly} or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

And [so] the Levite may come, because there is no plot of ground for him or an inheritance with you, and the alien [also may come] and the orphan and the widow that [are] in your {towns}, and {they may eat their fill}, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all [of] the work of your hand that you undertake."

But you shall certainly open your hand for him, and {you shall willingly lend} [to] him enough to meet his need, {whatever it is}.

For if the eagerness is present {according to what one has}, [it is] acceptable not {according to what one does not have}.

"And take care not to practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them; {otherwise} you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.