Bible Verses about 'Helping the poor'
- Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Speak out, judge righteously,
defend the rights of the poor and needy. - The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender. - Wealth is a ransom for a person's life,
but the poor get no threats. - The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low, he also exalts. - This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
and was saved from every trouble. - What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
and it is better to be poor than a liar. - Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
- Because I delivered the poor who cried,
and the orphan who had no helper.
The blessing of the wretched 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, and yet possessing everything.
- The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free. - Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.
- Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. - If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
- The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and release to the prisoners. - It is well with those who deal generously and lend,
who conduct their affairs with justice. - In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must 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 will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth. - Let the believer who is lowly boast in being raised up, and the rich in being brought low, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.
- So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
- God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble. - But surely, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life. - For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
- The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the decrees of the Lord are sure,
making wise the simple. - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous. - But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world.
- The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is clear,
enlightening the eyes. - For I, the Lord your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Do not fear,
I will help you.” - When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears,
and rescues them from all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and saves the crushed in spirit. - The Lord watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
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. - Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and forgive our sins,
for your name's sake. - In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
- Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
- He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.
- The hope of the righteous ends in gladness,
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing. - I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living. - Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.
- No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.
- 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 all their host by the breath of his mouth. - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
the mind of the wicked is of little worth. - The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
- Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. - The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
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