18 Bible Verses about Hospitality

communicating to the necessities of the saints, given to hospitality.

Be hospitable one to another, without grudging;

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave,

but hospitable, benevolent, sober, just, holy, temperate;

having been the wife of one man: in repute for good actions, if she have educated children, if she have entertained strangers, if she have washed the feet of saints, if she have relieved the afflicted, and diligently followed every good work.

Be not forgetful of hospitality; for thereby some have entertained angels, not knowing it.

But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind; and thou shalt be happy;

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

because they have not wherewith to requite thee: for a recompense shall be given thee at the resurrection of the just.

And when she was baptized and her family, she requested us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and lodge there. And she constrained us.

And he brought them into his house, and spread a table for them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his household.

On the morrow Paul and those that were with him departed from Ptolemais, and came to Cesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven deacons, we stayed with him.

And the barbarians shewed us uncommon humanity: for they kindled a fire and took us all in, because of the present rain, and of the cold.

Now in the parts adjacent to this place was the seat of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius, who took us into his house, and entertained us three days courteously.