40 Bible Verses about Benevolence

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Deuteronomy 15:7-15

When the needy shall be among thee, from one of thy brethren, in one of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, and thou shalt not shut thy hand from thy needy brother. For opening, thou shalt open thy hand to him, and lending, thou shalt lend him a sufficiency for his want which he shall want Watch to thyself lest a word shall be with thy heart, of Belial, saying. The seventh year, the year of remission is drawing near; and thine eye be evil against thy needy brother and thou wilt not give to him; and he call against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.read more.
Giving, thou shalt give to him, and thy heart shall not be evil in thy giving to him; for because of this word Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the sending forth of thy hand. For the needy shall not cease from the midst of thy land: for this I command thee, saying, Opening, thou shalt open thy hand to thy brother, to thy afflicted and to thy needy in thy land. When thy brother a Hebrew, or Hebrewess, shall be sold to thee, and serving thee six years; in the seventh year thou shalt send him away free from thee. And when thou shalt send him away free from thee, thou shalt not send him away empty. Furnishing, thou shalt furnish to him from thy sheep and from thy threshing floor, and from thy wine vat: with which Jehovah thy God blessed thee thou shalt give to him. And remember that thou wert a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God will redeem thee: for I command thee this word this day.

Judges 19:16-21

And behold, an old man came in from his work out of the field in the evening, and the man from mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gib-eab; and the men of the place, sons of the Jaminite. And he will lift up his eyes and will see the man of the way in the street of the city: and the old man will say, Whither wilt thou go? and from whence wilt thou come? And he will say to him, We are passing from the House of Bread of Judah, even to the sides of mount Ephraim, from whence I am. And I will go to the House of Bread of Judah, and to the house of Jehovah; I went, and no man receiving me to his house.read more.
And there is also straw, also fodder for our asses; and also there is bread and wine to me and to thy maid and to the boy with thy servants: no want of any word. And the old man will say, Peace to thee: only all thy want upon me; only in the street thou shalt not lodge. And he will bring him to his house, and will bring for the asses: and they will wash their feet, and eat and drink

2 Samuel 9:7

And David will say to him, Thou shalt not fear, for doing, I will do with thee mercy for sake of Jonathan thy father; and I turned back to thee all the field of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread upon my table always.

1 Kings 2:7

And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite thou shalt do mercy, and they shall be of those eating at thy table: for so they came near to me in my fleeing from the face of Absalom thy brother.

Nehemiah 5:8-12

And saying to them, We bought off our brethren the Jews, being sold to the nations; according to the sufficiency in us and also will ye sell your brethren? and were they sold to us? And they will be silent, and they found not a word. And it will be said, Not good the word which ye do: will ye not go in the fear of our God from the reproach of the nations our enemies? And also I, my brethren and my young men exacting upon them silver and grain: we will leave off now this debtread more.
Turn back now to them according to this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, and the hundredth of the silver and the grain, the new wine and the new oil which ye impose upon them. And they will say, We will turn back, and we will not seek from them; thus will we do as thou sayest And I shall call the priests and shall cause them to swear to do according to this word.

Nehemiah 8:10-11

And he will say to them, Go ye; eat fatnesses, and drink sweetnesses, and send portions to him for whom nothing was prepared: for the day is holy to our Lord: and ye shall not grieve, for the joy of Jehovah this is your strength. And the Levites silencing to all the people, saying, Silence; for the day is holy; and ye shall not grieve.

Job 29:11-17

If the ear heard, and it will pronounce me happy; and the eye saw, and it will testify to me: For I shall deliver the poor crying, and the orphan, and none helping to him. The praise of him perishing will come upon me, and I shall cause the heart of the widow to rejoice.read more.
I put on justice and it will clothe me: my judgment as an upper garment and a turban. Eyes was I to the blind one, and feet to the lame was I. I was a father to the needy, and the contention I knew not I shall search it out And I shall break the biter's teeth of the evil one, and I shall cast the prey from his teeth.

Job 31:16-23

If I shall withhold from the desire of the poor, and cause the eyes of the widow to fail; And eating my morsel alone, and the orphan ate not from it; (For from my youth he grew up to me as a father, and I shall guide her from my mother's womb;)read more.
If I shall see one perishing from not being clothed, and no covering to the needy; If his loins did not praise me, and he will be warmed from the fleece of my sheep If I lifted up my hand against the orphan when I shall see, my help in the gate: My shoulder shall fall from its shoulder-blade, and mine, arm shall be broken from the bone. For the destruction of God is a terror to me, and from his lifting up I shall not prevail.

Proverbs 3:27-28

Thou shalt not withhold good from those possessing it in its being to the power of thy hand to do. Thou shalt not say to thy neighbor, Go, and turn back, and to-morrow I will give; and there is with thee.

Isaiah 21:14

To meet the thirsty, bring ye water, O inhabitants of the land of Tema: anticipate ye him wandering, with bread.

Isaiah 58:10

And thou shalt give out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the humble soul; and thy light rising in darkness,, and thy thick darkness as the noon.

Ezekiel 18:7

And he shall not oppress a man; he shall turn back his pledge to the debtor; he will not strip off plunder, his bread he will give to him hungry, and the naked he will cover with a garment;

Matthew 25:35-45

For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye brought me in: Naked, and ye put around me: I was sick, and ye reviewed me: I was in prison, and ye came to me. Then shall the just answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished or thirsting, and gave to drinkread more.
And when saw we thee a stranger, and brought in or naked, and put around And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? And the king having answered, will say to them, Trull I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did to one of the least of my brethren, ye did to me. Then shall he say to them from the left, Go away from me, the cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers: For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger and ye brought me not in; naked, and ye put not around me; sick, and in prison, and ye took not a view of me. Then shall they answer him, they also saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and attended not to thee? Then shall he answer them saying, Inasmuch as ye did not to one of the least of these, ye did not to me.

Luke 10:33-35

And a certain Samaritan, travelling, came to him : and having seen him, felt compassion. And having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and having mounted him upon his own animal, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And upon the morrow, he having come forth, taking out two drachmas, he gave to the inn-keeper, and said to him, Take care, of him; and whatever thou spendest besides, I, in my coming back, will repay thee.

Acts 2:44-46

And all believing were in one and the same place, and had all things common: And sold possessions and goods, and divided them to all, as any one had need And in the day persevering unanimously in the temple, and breaking bread in the house, they partook of food with lively joy and simplicity of heart,

Acts 4:32-37

And the heart and soul of the multitude of them believing were one: and not one said any of the things being to him to be his own; but all were common to them. And in great power the sent gave back testimony of the rising up of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. For neither was any in want among them: for as many as were possessors of farms or houses, selling, brought the prices of things sold,read more.
And laid down at the feet of the sent: and it was distributed to each as any had need. And Joses, surnamed Barnabas by the sent, (which is interpreted, Son of consolation,) a Levite, a Cyprian by birth, A field being to him having sold, he brought the money and laid at the feet of the sent.

Acts 9:36-39

And in Joppa was a certain disciple by name Tabitha, which interpreted is called Dorcas: she was full of good works and alms which she did. And it was in those days, having been sick, she died; and having washed, they laid her in an upper room. And Lydda being near Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in it, sent to him two men, beseeching not to hesitate to pass through even to them.read more.
And Peter having risen came with them. Whom having approached, they brought into the upper room: and all the widows stood before him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, being with them.

Acts 10:4

And having looked at him intently, and being afraid, he said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms went up for remembrance before God.

Acts 11:29

And certain of the disciples, as he was able, determined, each of them, to send for service to the brethren dwelling in Judea:

Romans 15:26-27

For Macedonia and Achaia were contented a certain mutual participation be made for the poor of the holy ones in Jerusalem. For they were contented; and they are their debtors. For if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also to serve them in things pertaining to the flesh.

1 Corinthians 16:1-3

And concerning the collection for the holy ones, as I appointed to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye. According to one day of the sabbaths let each of you put by himself, treasuring up that which he is prospered in, that when I come there be no collections. And when I be present, whom ye approve by letters, these will I send to carry your grace to Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God given in the churches of Macedonia; That in much proof of pressure the abundance of their joy and their poverty according to depth abounded to the abundance of their simplicity. For according to power, I testify, and above power chosen voluntarily;read more.
Praying us with much entreaty that we receive the grace and participation of the service for saints. And not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by the will of God. So that we besought Titus, that as he began before, so also he would complete to us this grace also. But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and in word, and in knowledge, and in all care, and in love from you to us, that also ye abound in this grace. I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for you he was in a state of beggary, being rich; that ye in his poverty might be rich. And in this I give an opinion: for this is profitable to you, which no only to do, but to will, ye began before from last year. And now also complete ye the doing; that as a forwardness to will so also to complete, out of what is possessed. For if a forwardness lie before, according as any has, it is acceptable, not as he has not. For not that ease to others, and pressure to you: But of equality, now in this time your abundance for their want, that also their abundance be for your want: that there be equality: As has been written, He to whom much, was not in excess; and he to whom little, was not diminished.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore the manifestations of your love, and of your boasting for us, shew ye to them, and to the face of the churches.

2 Corinthians 9:1

For truly, concerning the service to the holy ones, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

From Thematic Bible


Benevolence » The duty of » Encouragement to

Isaiah 58:10

And thou shalt give out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the humble soul; and thy light rising in darkness,, and thy thick darkness as the noon.

2 Chronicles 31:10

And Azariah the head priest for the house of Zadok will say to him and he will say, From the beginning to bring the oblations into the house of Jehovah, eating and being filled, and leaving even to abundance: for Jehovah blessed his people; and that being left this multitude.

Benevolence » The duty of » Paul's exhortation

Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Freely

Luke 6:38

Give, and it shall be given you; good measure, yielded, and shaken, and overflowed, shall they give into your bosom: for with the same measure that ye measure, shall it be measured back to you.

Benevolence » The duty of » Christ's commands

Benevolence » The duty of » The wise man's advice

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Send forth thy bread upon the face of the waters, for in a multitude of days thou shalt find it

Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Scriptural rules for giving

Deuteronomy 16:17

Each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he gave to thee.

Benevolence » The duty of » Moses injunction

Deuteronomy 15:12-14

When thy brother a Hebrew, or Hebrewess, shall be sold to thee, and serving thee six years; in the seventh year thou shalt send him away free from thee. And when thou shalt send him away free from thee, thou shalt not send him away empty. Furnishing, thou shalt furnish to him from thy sheep and from thy threshing floor, and from thy wine vat: with which Jehovah thy God blessed thee thou shalt give to him.

Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Regularly, every week

Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Cheerfully

Benevolence » Examples of systematic » With simplicity

Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Without ostentation

Benevolence » The duty of » The prophet's words

Christ, our example » Conformity to, required in » Benevolence

2 Corinthians 8:7

But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and in word, and in knowledge, and in all care, and in love from you to us, that also ye abound in this grace.

required Expression » Different forms of religious expression required » Benevolence

Luke 6:38

Give, and it shall be given you; good measure, yielded, and shaken, and overflowed, shall they give into your bosom: for with the same measure that ye measure, shall it be measured back to you.

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Benevolence

Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Benevolence

Philippians 4:18

And I have all, and abound: I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, a smell of sweet odor, a sacrifice acceptable, pleasing to God.

Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Benevolence

Sympathy » The marks of true » Benevolence

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