50 Bible Verses about Helping The Poor

"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the LORD.

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'

"Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.

"If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.

but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.

May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!

Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy.

The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.

For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.

Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted--

"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD,

But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay!

For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you be guilty of sin.

A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.