27 Bible Verses about Giving To The Poor

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.

He stared at the angel in terror, saying, "What is it?" He replied, "Your prayers and your alms have risen before God as a sacrifice to be remembered.

saying, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, your alms are remembered by God.

Better cleanse what is within; then nothing will be unclean for you.

some of them thought that as Judas kept the money-box, Jesus told him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the poor.)

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

When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

the speaker his words of counsel; the contributor must be liberal, the superintendent must be in earnest, the sick visitor must be cheerful.

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell your property, give the money to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "There is one thing you want," he said; "go and sell all you have; give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me."

Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.

When Jesus heard this he said to him, "You lack one thing more; sell all you have, distribute the money among the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out daemons; give without paying, as you have got without paying;

contribute to needy saints, make a practice of hospitality.

Let the thief steal no more; rather let him work and put his hands to an honest task, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is secret will reward you openly.

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, [get up and] walk!"

So Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "I will give the half of all I have, Lord, to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will give him back four times as much."

a religious man, who reverenced God with all his household, who was liberal in his alms to the People, and who constantly prayed to God.

For Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make a contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

I can testify that up to their means, aye and beyond their means, they have given ??4 begging me of their own accord, most urgently, for the favour of contributing to the support of the saints.

You Philippians are well aware that in the early days of the gospel, when I had left Macedonia, no church but yourselves had any financial dealings with me;

After a lapse of several years I came up with alms and offerings for my nation,

"the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."

This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her.

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