Luke 6:35
Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Acts 11:29
So the disciples decided to send relief, every one in proportion to his means, to the brethren living in Judaea.
1 John 3:17
But if any one has this world's wealth and sees that his brother man is in need, and yet hardens his heart against him--how can such a one continue to love God?
Matthew 25:35
For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome;
Mark 14:7
For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you choose you can do acts of kindness to them; but me you have not always.
John 12:8
For the poor you always have with you, but you have not me always."
Romans 12:13
Relieve the necessities of God's people; always practise hospitality.
Romans 12:18
If you can, so far as it depends on you, live at peace with all the world.
Romans 12:20
On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the condescending goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ--how for your sakes He became poor, though He was rich, in order that you through His poverty might grow rich.
2 Corinthians 9:1
As to the services which are being rendered to God's people, it is really unnecessary for me to write to you.
2 Corinthians 9:12-15
For the service rendered in this sacred gift not only helps to relieve the wants of God's people, but it is also rich in its results and awakens a chorus of thanksgiving to God.
Galatians 2:10
Only they urged that we should remember their poor--a thing which was uppermost in my own mind.
Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests.
James 2:5-6
Listen, my dearly-loved brethren. Has not God chosen those whom the world regards as poor to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which He has promised to those that love Him?