50 Bible Verses about Helping The Poor

If I withheld - from pleasure - the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;

Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;

Did he not plead the cause of the oppressed and the needy, And, then, it was well? Was not, that, to know, me? Demandeth Yahweh.

A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:

Turning aside from judgment, the poor, And robbing, of justice, the oppressed of my people, - So that, widows, become, their spoil, And of the fatherless, they make prey.

Now, in Joppa, there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which, being translated, means Dorcas a Gazelle . The same, was full of good works and alms which she was doing.

But, thou, when doing an alms, let not, thy left hand, know what thy right hand is doing;

A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;

For the needy will not cease out of the midst of the land - for this cause, am I commanding thee, saying, Thou shalt open, thy hand unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

When, therefore, thou mayest be doing an alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, just as, the hypocrites, do in the synagogues and in the streets - that they may be glorified by men, - Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward.

He that shutteth his ear from the cry of the poor, even he, shall call, and not be answered.

When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates, in thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home, - When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?

For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, - nor, the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.

Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;

For, always, have ye, the destitute, with you, and whensoever ye please, ye can, unto them, at any timedo well! But, me, not, always, have ye.

But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock: -

May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.

One who giveth to the poor, shall have no want, but, he that hideth his eyes, shall receive many a curse.

He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.

He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth:

The rich and the poor, meet together, the maker of them all, is Yahweh.

For, always, the destitute, have ye with you, - but, me, not always, have ye;

Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

But, I, being oppressed and needy, May My Lord devise for me, - My help and my deliverer, thou art! O my God, do not tarry!

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

I know that Yahweh will execute, the right of the oppressed one, the vindication of the needy.

Deliver the weak sad the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth.

Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say, - I will place him in safety - let him puff at him!

Happy, the destitute, in spirit; for, theirs, is the kingdom of the heavens;

Her palm, she spreadeth out to the oppressed, and, her hands, she extendeth to the needy:

Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein.

So will I leave remaining in thy midst, a people oppressed and poor, - who will seek refuge in the name of Yahweh:

But, I, being humbled and needy, O God, haste to me, - My help and my deliverer, art thou, O Yahweh do not tarry.

Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.

Learn to do well - Seek justice, Correct the oppressor, - Vindicate the fatherless, Plead the cause of the widow,

Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying - Drawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him, - and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin!

The substance of the rich, is his strong city, the terror of the poor, is their poverty.

The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and, his wearying toil, let him remember no more.

Only that we should remember, the destitute, - as to which I had given diligence, this very thing, to do.

He that sheweth contempt for his neighbour, sinneth, but, he that sheweth favour to the afflicted, how happy is he!

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;

And, though I morsel out all my goods, - and though I deliver up my body, that I may boast, and have not, love, I am profited, nothing.

Notwithstanding, as to the things within, give alms, and lo! everything, is, pure unto you.

And saith - Cornelius! thy prayer hath been heard, and, thine alms, have been remembered before God.