25 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you entertained me,

For I was hungry but you never fed me, I was thirsty but you never gave me drink,

I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame.

No, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.

if any of you says to them, "Depart in peace! Get warm, get food," without supplying their bodily needs, what use is that?

and if anyone is hungry let him eat at home. You must not gather, only to incur condemnation. I will give you my instructions upon the other matters when I come.

I may distribute all I possess in charity, I may give up my body to be burnt, but if I have no love, I make nothing of it.

Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

I know how to live humbly; I also know how to live in prosperity. I have been initiated into the secret for all sorts and conditions of life, for plenty and for hunger, for prosperity and for privations.

Jesus said, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty again.

Then they will answer too, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or unclothed or ill or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first of all; it is not fair 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.

Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; give them some food yourselves."

when did we see you a stranger and entertain you? or unclothed and clothed you?

and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.)

Then the just will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? or thirsty and gave you drink?

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

To this very hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and knocked about, we are waifs,

The disciples said to him, "Where are we to get loaves enough in a desert to satisfy such a crowd?"

Suppose some brother or sister is ill-clad and short of daily food;

Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Woe to you who have your fill to-day! you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh to-day! you will wail and weep.

"Why was not this perfume sold for ten pounds, and the money given to the poor?"