40 Bible Verses About Helping Others

Leviticus 25:35

If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous care about justice for the poor,
but the wicked have no such concern.

Isaiah 58:10

And if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday.

Deuteronomy 15:11

There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.

Isaiah 25:4

You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm, and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall

Matthew 10:8

 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Proverbs 11:25

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Proverbs 22:9

The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

Mark 10:21

Jesus looked at him and loved him. One thing you lack, he said. Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.

Luke 6:28

Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.

Matthew 25:44-45

They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.

Luke 3:10-11

What should we do then?” the crowd asked. John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”

Luke 12:33-34

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Acts 20:35

 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ 

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Galatians 6:9

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

John 15:12

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

James 1:5

 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Galatians 6:2

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Hebrews 13:16

And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Matthew 5:42

Give to the one who asks you, and does not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Galatians 2:10

All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

Hebrews 6:10

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

Luke 6:30

Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

Romans 12:13

Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Romans 15:1

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Romans 12:10

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Romans 12:20

If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to act.

Ephesians 4:28

Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.

Proverbs 21 :13

Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
will also cry out and not be answered.

Philippians 2:3-4

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

1 Timothy 5:8

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.