14 Bible Verses about Saints, Care For The Poor

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

(As it is written, He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

He answereth and saith to them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do likewise.

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest to him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thy hand to.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or by constraint: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

But thou shalt open thy hand wide to him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen by them: otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to them who are of the household of faith.