47 Bible Verses about Helping Others In Need

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those [who are] in all affliction with the comfort with which [we] ourselves are comforted by God.

"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, for the purpose of edification.

But you, [when you] practice charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

in order that your charitable giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Now in Joppa there was a certain female disciple {named} Tabitha (which translated means "Dorcas"). She was full of good deeds and charitable giving which she was constantly doing.

Therefore whenever you practice charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet in front of you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need} and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?

Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do.

A person of blessing will be enriched, and he who gives water also will be refreshed.

each of you not looking out for {your own interests}, but also each of you [for] {the interests} of others.

He judged [the] legal cause of [the] needy and [the] poor, [and] then it was well. {Is that not what it means to know me}?" {declares} Yahweh.

And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

If anyone speaks, [let it be] as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, [let it be] as by the strength that God provides, so that in all [things] God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power {forever and ever}. Amen.

because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.

if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

At the present time your abundance [will be] for their need, in order that their abundance may also be for your need, so that there may be equality,

and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

"And take care not to practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them; {otherwise} you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

For the poor will not cease to be {among you} [in] the land; therefore I [am] commanding you, {saying}, 'You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor [that are] in your land.'

contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

For [this is] not that for others [there may be] relief, [and] for you difficult circumstances, but [as a matter] of equality.

if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

[while] you also join in helping {on our behalf} by prayer, so that thanks may be given {on our behalf} by many persons for this gracious gift [given] to us through [the help] of many.

for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.

I know that Yahweh will maintain [the] cause of [the] afflicted, [and] justice for [the] needy.

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

But also our [people] must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.

And they began selling [their] possessions and property, and distributing these [things] to all, to the degree that anyone had need.

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the {needy}.

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing freely,

and save others [by] snatching [them] from the fire, and have mercy on others with fear, hating even the tunic stained by the flesh.

For the poor you always have with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.

[Do] nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves,

Look! This was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: Pride, abundance of food, and {prosperous ease} was to her and to her daughters, and {she did not sustain the needy and the poor}.

Indeed he will deliver [the] needy [who is] crying for help, and [the] afflicted [who] has no helper.

because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but also is overflowing through many [expressions of] thanksgiving to God.

For in that which he himself suffered [when he] was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Rich and poor have [much] in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.

And just as you want people {to do} to you, do {the same} to them.