48 Bible Verses about Helping The Poor

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.

(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.

But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.

For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.