47 Bible Verses about Helping Others In Need
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who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.
“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
The generous man will be prosperous,
And he who waters will himself be watered.
do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
“He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy;
Then it was well.
Is not that what it means to know Me?”
Declares the Lord.
And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his good deed.
at this present time your abundance being a supply for their need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for your need, that there may be equality;
And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues.
“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry
And bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the naked, to cover him;
And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’
For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality—
or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
you also joining in helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed on us through the prayers of many.
For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.
He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.
He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.
and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.
For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.
For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.
For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.
The rich and the poor have a common bond,
The Lord is the maker of them all.
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