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 took Me in;

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.

Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

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

Is it not to break your bread to the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor? When will you see the naked and cover him; and you will not hide yourself from your own flesh?

and if one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them those things which are needful to the body, what good is it?

But if anyone hungers, let him eat at home, so that you do not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

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

You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have held back bread from the hungry.

For He satisfies the thirsty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good.

And though I give out all my goods to feed the poor, and though I deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, I am profited nothing.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land. Therefore, I command you saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corner of your field. When you reap the gleaning of your harvest, you shall not gather. You shall leave them to the poor and to the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.

and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in darkness, and your darkness shall 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 I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes on Me shall never thirst.

who carries out judgment for the mistreated; who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah lets the prisoners loose;

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

Then they will also answer Him, 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?

Much food is in the plowed ground of the poor, but when there is no justice, it is swept away.

And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and he shall slay your remnant.

But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled. For it is not right to take the children's loaves and to throw it to the dogs.

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

And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, and then He fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know it, so that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of Jehovah man shall live.

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

But Jesus said to them, They do not need to leave, you give them something to eat.

When did we see You a stranger, and took You in? Or naked, and clothed You?

Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his dainty foods;

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

Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, and fed You? Or thirsty, and gave You drink?

Then Jesus called His disciples and said, I have compassion on the crowd because they continue with Me for three days now and have nothing to eat. And I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Even until this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place.

He shall have pity on the poor and needy and shall save the souls of the needy.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was this not to know Me? says Jehovah.

And His disciples said to Him, From where should we get so many loaves in the wilderness, so as to fill so great a crowd?

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

Jehovah will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry; but He casts away the desire of the wicked.

And He took the five loaves and the two fish. And looking up to Heaven, He blessed them and broke, and He gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.

remove far from me vanity and a lying word; give me neither poverty or riches; tear for me my portion of bread,

He who has pity upon the poor lends to Jehovah, and He will reward his dealing to him.

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

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.