50 Bible Verses about Helping The Poor

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Jeremiah 22:16

“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.

Isaiah 10:2

So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the orphans.

Acts 9:36

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.

Job 29:16

“I was a father to the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.

Deuteronomy 15:11

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.’

Deuteronomy 15:7

“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

Psalm 72:12

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Psalm 107:41

But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction,
And makes his families like a flock.

Psalm 72:13

He will have compassion on the poor and needy,
And the lives of the needy he will save.

Psalm 40:17

Since I am afflicted and needy,
Let the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

Psalm 109:22

For I am afflicted and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.

Psalm 82:4

Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Job 34:28

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

John 12:6

Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

Zephaniah 3:12

“But I will leave among you
A humble and lowly people,
And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 70:5

But I am afflicted and needy;
Hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor sins,
But happy is he who is gracious to the poor.

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