50 Bible Verses about Helping The Poor

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then it is well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;

'But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah.

for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.

and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

And I am poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer art Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!

For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.

Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near is the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent -- this very thing -- to do.

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

But what ye have give ye as alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;