Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’ He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.Īnd the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah: “This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice show mercy and compassion to one another. Then your righteousness will go before you,Īnd the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then your light will break forth like the dawn, Is it not to share your food with the hungryĪnd to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-Īnd not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,īut those who close their eyes to them receive many curses. Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,Īnd he will reward them for what they have done. Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,īut whoever is kind to the needy honors God.īut blessed is the one who is kind to the needy. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,

I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap

To save their lives from those who would condemn them. In the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.įor he stands at the right hand of the needy, With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord Uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

The poor and needy from those who rob them.” You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? This poor man called, and the Lord heard him What Does God Say About Helping the Poor? 20 Verses About Helping the Poor So, let’s take these Bible verses about helping the poor to heart and act on behalf of the poor and the needy! He calls us, His hands and feet in a hurting world, to actually DO SOMETHING. And, not that we should ever give to get, but God promises to reward us when we do-how kind of our Father.

God doesn’t just say “remember the poor,” or “pray for the poor,” though both of those things are good and important. There are so many powerfully simple verses that beg a response from us. Whether it’s God or us taking up the cause of the downtrodden, look how many times you see words like “rescue,” “defend,” and “speak up.” Once I dived into making this list of verses, it was hard to stop at 20! I was struck anew today by the strong action verbs in these verses. How close it must be to God’s heart if the Creator of the Universe encourages and instructs us so many times to care for the poor, the orphan, the widow and the afflicted. I didn’t count, but I read that there are over 2,000 Bible verses about helping the poor.

Bible verse about widows and orphans