28 Bible Verses about Giving To The Poor
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Even if I give away everything I own, and give myself up, but do it in pride, not love, it does me no good.
He stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, sir?" "Your prayers and charities," the angel answered, "have gone up and been remembered before God.
and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been recalled to mind by God.
for some of them thought that as Judas had the purse Jesus meant to say to him, "Buy what we need for the festival," or to have him give something to the poor.
and one of you says to them, "Goodbye, keep warm and have plenty to eat," without giving them the necessaries of life, what good does it do?
So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get!
the speaker, in his exhortation, the giver of charity, with generosity, the office-holder, with devotion, the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."
And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."
Sell what belongs to you, and give away the money! Get yourselves purses that will never wear out, inexhaustible riches in heaven, where thieves cannot get near nor moths destroy.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."
Cure the sick, raise the dead, heal lepers, drive out demons. Give without payment, just as you received without payment.
Supply the needs of God's people, be unfailing in hospitality.
The man who stole must not steal any more; he must work with his hands at honest toil instead, so as to have something to share with those who are in need.
But when you give to charity, your own left hand must not know what your right hand is doing,
so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!"
But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Master, "See, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him four times as much."
He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.
For Macedonia and Greece have determined to make a contribution for the poor among God's people in Jerusalem.
For they have given to the utmost of their ability, as I can bear them witness, and beyond it,
and begged me most earnestly, of their own accord, to let them share in the support of their fellow-Christians.
And you at Philippi know as well as I do, that in the early days of the good news, after I left Macedonia, no church but yours went into partnership and opened an account with me.
After an absence of several years, I had come to bring charitable donations for my nation, and to offer sacrifice.
It might have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor."
It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor."
"Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars, and the money given to the poor?"
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