Hebrews 13:2

Concluding Ethical Instructions

¹ Let love of the brethren continue. ² Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. ³ Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.

Do Not Forget

Entertained Angels

In Me

Show Kindness

Forget Not

Matthew 25:35

For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

1 Peter 4:9

Be hospitable to one another without complaint.

Romans 12:13

contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

Genesis 18:1-3

Now the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

Leviticus 19:34

The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 10:18-19

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

Judges 13:15-25

Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you.”

1 Kings 17:10-16

So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”

2 Kings 4:8

Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she persuaded him to eat food. And so it was, as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat food.

Job 31:19

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or that the needy had no covering,

Job 31:32

“The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the traveler.

Isaiah 58:7

“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry
And bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the naked, to cover him;
And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Matthew 25:40

The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’

Acts 16:15

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.

Romans 16:23

Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 5:10

having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has assisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.

Titus 1:8

but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled,