Bible Verses about 'Helping the poor'
- Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender. - Open your mouth, judge righteously,
defend the rights of the poor and needy. - The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low and he exalts. - The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
but a poor man hears no threat. - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles. - What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar. - Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
- Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me,
and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. - As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
- Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed. - Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.
- The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. - If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
- It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;
who conducts his affairs with justice. - And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”
- Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth. - I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth. - Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
- Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
- God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble. - Behold, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life. - The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple. - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
- 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. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous. - The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes. - Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit. - The Lord watches over the sojourners;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. - For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance.
- The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot. - In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
- The hope of the righteous brings joy,
but the expectation of the wicked will perish. - Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and atone for our sins,
for your name's sake! - And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
- No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
- And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
- Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
- By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and by the breath of his mouth all their host. - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little worth. - I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living! - Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. - The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
- But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
- The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
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