46 Bible Verses about Feeding The Poor

For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’

“But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

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

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come.

He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.

“To the weary you have given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

For He has satisfied the thirsty soul,
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.’”

And if you give yourself to the hungry
And satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
Then your light will rise in darkness
And your gloom will become like midday.

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

Who executes justice for the oppressed;
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor,
But it is swept away by injustice.

“Those who are most helpless will eat,
And the needy will lie down in security;
I will destroy your root with famine,
And it will kill off your survivors.

And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

“He has filled the hungry with good things;
And sent away the rich empty-handed.

He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!”

And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;

and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless;

He will have compassion on the poor and needy,
And the lives of the needy he will save.

“He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy;
Then it was well.
Is not that what it means to know Me?”
Declares the Lord.

The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”

If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,

The Lord will not allow the righteous to hunger,
But He will reject the craving of the wicked.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people.

Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

Keep deception and lies far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,

One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his good deed.

“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”

Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.