29 Bible Verses about Hospitality

Contribute to the needs of the holy ones and practice hospitality.

Be hospitable to one another without complaining.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;

but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

having a good reputation for good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the holy ones, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

Show hospitality to strangers, for some have entertained angels without knowing it.

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

When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

No, Elisha answered. Would you put to death soldiers you captured in combat? Give them something to eat and drink. Then let them return to their king. So the king of Israel provided a great feast for them. After they ate and drank he sent them back to the king of Syria. From then on the Syrians stopped raiding the land of Israel.

Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.

You will be blessed because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.

Please. Let a little water be brought. Wash your feet and rest under the tree.

My lords, he said, come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may get up in the morning as early as you like and be on your way again. Oh no, they said, We will spend the night out here in the city square.

and said: Come home with me. You are a man Jehovah has blessed. Why are you standing out here? I have a room ready for you in my house. There is a place for your camels.

He asked his daughters: Where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.

Not knowing that it was Jehovah's angel, Manoah said: Please do not go yet. Let us cook a young goat for you.

The old man said: Come to my home. You are welcome! I will take care of you. You do not have to spend the night in the square.

Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She invited him to a meal. From that time on every time he went to Shunem he would have his meals at her house.

There is more, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations nearby.

The stranger has not lodged in the street for I have opened my doors to the traveler.

When she and her household were baptized she came to us saying, If you judge me to be faithful to God, come to my house, and stay there. She absolutely insisted that we come.

He took them to his house and fed them. They rejoiced along with his entire house, having believed in God.

The next morning we left for Caesarea where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist and one of the seven.

The natives there were very friendly to us. It started to rain and was cold, so they built a fire and made us all welcome.

A man named Publius, who was the governor of the island, had property around the area. He welcomed us and treated us kindly. We were his guests for three days.