Some Bible Topics
serving the poor
Deuteronomy Chapter 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Proverbs Chapter 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs Chapter 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs Chapter 22:9
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs Chapter 28:27
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Isaiah Chapter 58:10
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Luke Chapter 14:12
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
Luke Chapter 14:13
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Luke Chapter 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Acts Chapter 20:35
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Galatians Chapter 2:10
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
1 John Chapter 3:17
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1 John Chapter 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.