20 Bible Verses about Begging

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

And the manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."

They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"

And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"

I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.

They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves. Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poorgo out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.

When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved, because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

The tongue of the nursing infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but no one gives to them.

Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah and entreated him, "O man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.

I go about darkened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

So the servantfell on his knees, imploring him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.' And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, 'Pay what you owe.'read more.
So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt. When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place. Then his master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.