What Does the Bible Say About Feeding The Needy?

Titus 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? ...

Colossians 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

By canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

Acts 2:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Luke 6:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Galatians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

1 Corinthians 9:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to eat and drink? Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? ...

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” ...

Acts 6:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. ...

Acts 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.

Acts 4:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold

Acts 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.

Acts 2:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,

Luke 11:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 25:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Genesis 14:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

Jude 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;

James 4:1-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? ...

Acts 6:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 1 helpful vote

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

John 14:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Isaiah 10:1-34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth? Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still. Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury! ...

31 Bible Verses about Feeding The Needy

Titus 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 2:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 6:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 11:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 14:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jude 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 4:1-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 6:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 14:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 10:1-34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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31 Bible Verses about Feeding The Needy

Titus 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Galatians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Titus 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 2:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 6:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 11:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 14:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jude 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 4:1-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 6:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 14:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 10:1-34 ESV / 1 helpful vote