50 Bible Verses about Helping The Poor

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

Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.

“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.

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

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.

So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the orphans.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

“I was a father to the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.

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.’

“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

“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?

For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.

But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction,
And makes his families like a flock.

May he vindicate the afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.

He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes will have many curses.

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself
Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

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

The rich and the poor have a common bond,
The Lord is the maker of them all.

For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.

Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

Since I am afflicted and needy,
Let the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

For I am afflicted and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.

Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.

Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

“But I will leave among you
A humble and lowly people,
And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.

But I am afflicted and needy;
Hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.

For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.

Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.

Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.

The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker,
But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Let him drink and forget his poverty
And remember his trouble no more.

They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.

He who despises his neighbor sins,
But happy is he who is gracious to the poor.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Or crush the afflicted at the gate;

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.

But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.

and he *said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.