45 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

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 took me in,

For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink,

naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me.

Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.

But when thou make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?

and some man of you would say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and fed, but ye would not give them the things necessary for the body, what is the benefit?

And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home so that ye may not come together for condemnation. And the rest I will set in order as soon as I come.

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.

For he satisfies the longing soul, and he fills the hungry soul with good,

And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall surely open thy hand to thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shall not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shall thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest. Thou shall leave them for the poor man, and for the sojourner. I am LORD your Go

and if thou draw out thy soul to a hungry man, and satisfy an afflicted soul, then thy light shall rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday.

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

I know both how to be abased and how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be lacking.

Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will, no, not hunger, and he who believes in me will, no, not ever thirst.

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. LORD releases the prisoners.

If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Then they will also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or weak, or in prison, and did not serve thee?

Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor, but there is [that is] consumed because of injustice.

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety. And I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

And Jesus said to her, Allow the children first be filled, for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.

He filled those who are hungry with good things, and those who are rich he sent away empty.

And he humbled thee, and allowed thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knew not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proce

Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.

But Jesus said to them, They have no need to depart. Give ye them to eat.

And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee?

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. But even the dogs that came licked his sores.

Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and fed thee, or thirsting, and gave thee drink?

And Jesus having summoned his disciples, he said, I feel compassion toward the multitude because they continue with me now three days and do not have what they might eat. And I do not want to dismiss them without food, lest they mi

As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.

He will have pity on a poor and needy man, and he will save the souls of the needy.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy man, then it was well. Was not this to know me? says LORD.

And his disciples say to him, From where are so many loaves for us in a wilderness so as to feed so great a multitude?

And if a brother or sister may be unclothed, and may be destitute of daily food,

LORD will not allow the soul of a righteous man to famish, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

And after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke in pieces, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Woe to you who are filled now, because ye will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, because ye will mourn and weep.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.