BIBLE VERSES ON HELPING THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.

BIBLE VERSES ON HELPING THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.

Luke 16:19 - 31.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish. Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’

“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house; for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’

Deuteronomy 15:11 

"For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land". 

James 2:2- 4 

For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in; and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, “Sit here in a good place”; and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”; haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Ephesisans 4:38

 ''share what we have with those in need. 

Hebrews 13:16 

 "But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." God's blessings keep on flowing into our lives when we please him, his protection is there for us as well".

Proverbs 28: 27

 Whoever gives to the poor will have plenty. Whoever refuses to help them will get nothing but curses. 

                                      Proverbs 19:17 

" He who has a generous eye will be blessed;

    for he shares his food with the poor".

Proverbs 22:9

"Just as blessings goes with helping the poor so does a curse goes with not doing same. "

Matthew 25: 31- 45

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers , you did it to me.’ Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’"

Luke 12:33

''Sell the things you have and give that money to those who need it. This is the only way you can keep your riches from being lost. You will be storing treasure in heaven that lasts forever. ''

                                                  Luke 3:11

“If you have two shirts, share with someone who does not have one. If you have food, share that too.”

James 2:15 - 16 

"Suppose a brother or sister in Christ comes to you in need of clothes or something to eat. And you say to them, “God be with you! I hope you stay warm and get plenty to eat,” but you don’t give them the things they need. If you don’t help them, your words are worthless"

 1 John 3:17 - 18

"Suppose a believer who is rich enough to have all the necessities of life sees a fellow believer who is poor and does not have even basic needs. What if the rich believer does not help the poor one? Then it is clear that God’s love is not in that person’s heart. My children, our love should not be only words and talk. No, our love must be real. We must show our love by the things we do."

                                           Proverbs 21:13 

"Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,

he will also cry out, but shall not be heard." . When we show kindness to the poor God blesses us. 

Proverbs 14:21 

"Be kind to the poor, and you will be blessed. for it is more blessed to give than to receive " 

 Acts 20:35 

" ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Luke 14:12 - 14  

“When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.” 

Deuteronomy 24: 14

"You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers, or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates." 

Psalms 82:3 

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless.
Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Exodus 22:25  

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest."

Leviticus 19:10 

" You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God."

Luke 14:12 - 14  

“When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

Leviticus 25:35 

“If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. 

Deuteronomy 15:7 -  11 

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks. Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand”; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to. For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

Zechariah 7:10 

Do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor. 

Deuteronomy  24:14 - 15 

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers, or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates. In his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it; lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

                                     Proverbs 22:22 - 23

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor;

    and don’t crush the needy in court;

for Yahweh will plead their case,

    and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

Psalms 41:1 

Blessed is he who considers the poor.
Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. 

                                     Isaiah 50: 10 - 11

and if you pour out your soul to the hungry,

    and satisfy the afflicted soul:

then your light will rise in darkness,

    and your obscurity will be as the noonday;

and Yahweh will guide you continually,

    and satisfy your soul in dry places,

    and make your bones strong;

and you shall be like a watered garden,

    and like a spring of water,

    whose waters don’t fail.

Proverbs 19:17 

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh;

    he will reward him.