Bible Verses about 'Giving to the needy'
- But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
- The precepts of the Lord are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
giving light to the eyes. - And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy. - Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.
- And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
- A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—
and how good is a timely word! - And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
- But the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
- Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always. - Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil. - The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender. - He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak. - Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. - Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always. - He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”
- Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens. - Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. - I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.” - Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans. - To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. - Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever. - Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the Lord. - Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
- Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end. - The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their cry. - When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord;
he brought me into a spacious place. - The unfolding of your words gives light;
it gives understanding to the simple. - I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
- For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies. - The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously. - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
- Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world. - I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. - The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts. - To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless. - Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to the law of the Lord. - Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
- Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done. - For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
- Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
- They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.
- And every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. - Children’s children are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the pride of their children. - Give careful thought to the paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways. - By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life. - Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.” 
