46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For I was hungry
and you gave Me something to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me something to drink;
I was a stranger and you took Me in;

For I was hungry
and you gave Me nothing to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me nothing to drink;

I was naked and you clothed Me;
I was sick and you took care of Me;
I was in prison and you visited Me.’

But

If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
to bring the poor and homeless into your house,
to clothe the naked when you see him,
and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it?

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. And I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.

A generous person will be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor.

You gave no water to the thirsty
and withheld food from the famished,

For He has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.

And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body in order to boast
but do not have love, I gain nothing.

For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’

You who are now hungry are blessed,
because you will be filled.
You who now weep are blessed,
because you will laugh.

When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am Yahweh your God.”

and if you offer yourself to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted one,
then your light will shine in the darkness,
and your night will be like noonday.

If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,

I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.

“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to Me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in Me will ever be thirsty again.

executing justice for the exploited
and giving food to the hungry.
The Lord frees prisoners.

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

“Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,
but without justice, it is swept away.

Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed,
and the impoverished will lie down in safety,
but I will kill your root with hunger,
and your remnant will be slain.

He said to her, “Allow the children to be satisfied first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

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

He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

People don’t despise the thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.

“They don’t need to go away,” Jesus told them. “You give them something to eat.”

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or without clothes and clothe You?

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,
and don’t desire his choice food,

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

“Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry; otherwise they might collapse on the way.”

Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;

He will have pity on the poor and helpless
and save the lives of the poor.

He took up the case of the poor and needy,
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

The disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to fill such a crowd?”

If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food

The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry,
but He denies the wicked what they crave.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Woe to you who are now full,
for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who are now laughing,
for you will mourn and weep.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,
and He will give a reward to the lender.

“Why wasn’t this fragrant oil sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?”

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.