25 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For when I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger you welcomed me to your homes,

For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat, when I was thirsty you gave me nothing to drink,

when I needed clothes you put them on me, when I was sick you looked after me, when I was in prison you came to see me.'

Do the opposite. If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink, for if you act in this way, you will heap burning coals upon his head!

But when you give a reception, make it your habit to invite people that are poor, maimed, crippled, or blind.

and one of you says to him, "Blessings on you, keep warm, eat until you have aplenty," without giving him the things that are needed for the body, what good does it do?

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring on you judgment. I will settle in detail the matters that remain, when I come.

If I should dole out everything I have for charity, and give my body up to torture in mere boasting pride, but have no love, I get from it no good at all.

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be completely satisfied! Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you will laugh!

I know how to live in lowly circumstances and I know how to live in plenty. I have learned the secret, in all circumstances, of either getting a full meal or of going hungry, of living in plenty or being in want.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.

Then they will answer, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or needing clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait on you?'

But He was saying to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it out to the house dogs."

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

But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to leave here; give them something to eat yourselves."

When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you to our homes, or needing clothes, and put them on you?

and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores.

Then the upright will answer, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty, and give you something to drink?

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

To this very hour we have gone hungry, thirsty, poorly clad; we have been roughly knocked around; we have had no home.

The disciples said to Him, "Where in this destitute place can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

If some brother or sister is thinly clad and has no food for the day,

Then He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them, and He broke them in pieces and gave them to the disciples to pass on to the people.

A curse on you who live in luxury now, for you will be hungry. A curse on you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

"Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars and the money given to the poor?"