46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;

naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.

If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what is the profit?

If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.

And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.

For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not in thy harvest entirely reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest shalt thou not gather: thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger: I am Jehovah your God.

and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;

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

I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation.

And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Then shall they also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.

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

But Jesus said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give ye them to eat.

and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?

Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.

Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink?

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,

He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy:

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in the wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous man to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.

And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven he blessed them, and broke and gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

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 shalt be satisfied with bread.