46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,

I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?

if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home--so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.

Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

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

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'

"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

"And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God."

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry.The LORD sets the prisoners free;

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

Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant it will slay.

And he said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

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

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,

But Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat."

And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?

Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies,

who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."

To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless,

He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the LORD.

And the disciples said to him, "Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?"

If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,

The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

"Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

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

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

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

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.