28 Bible Verses about Giving To The Poor

If I give all I have to the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

And he stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

and he said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast"; or, that he should give something to the poor.

and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?

"Thus, when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but rather must labor, doing useful work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with those in need.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

so that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

But Peter said, "I do not have silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold."

a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave alms generously to the people and prayed to God continually.

For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

For I testify that according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, they gave of their own free will,

urgently pleading with us for the privilege of sharing in the relief of the saints.

You yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the first preaching of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only;

Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.

For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and given to the poor."

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they criticized her sharply.

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