81 Powerful Bible Verses About Helping Others in Need

The Greatest Command in the Bible is to love God with all of your heart. The second is to love your neighbor as yourself.

There is a rise in the darkness of this world. More and more people are falling upon hard times. A simple act of kindness can be God answering prayers through you.

Read more: 50 Bible Verses About Giving Generously to Others

Be generous to the poor. God can answer prayers through His children. When you let God's light shine through you, you are taking care of poor people who desperately need your help.

We are all brothers and sisters through Jesus Christ. No matter whether someone is sick or in prison, we should follow the words of the Holy Bible.

In today's Bible study, we will show how God is giving you the ability to help others in need:

Bible Verses About Helping People

1. Romans 12:20 KJV

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

2. John 15:13 KJV

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

3. Psalms 41:1 KJV

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

4. Luke 6:30 KJV

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

5. Proverbs 31:9 KJV

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

6. James 2:1 KJV

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

7. Matthew 6:24 KJV

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

8. Luke 12:33 KJV

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

9. Proverbs 14:31 KJV

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

10. Psalms 35:10 KJV

All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

11. Mark 10:21 KJV

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

12. Philippians 2:4 KJV

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

13. Psalms 9:9 KJV

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

14. Exodus 17:12 KJV

But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

15. Ephesians 4:32 KJV

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

16. Ephesians 4:29 KJV

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

17. Isaiah 41:17 KJV

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

18. 1 Timothy 2:1 KJV

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

19. Matthew 6:25 KJV

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

20. Romans 12:13 KJV

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

21. Galatians 2:10 KJV

Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

22. James 1:27 KJV

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

23. Isaiah 1:17 KJV

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

24. Galatians 6:9 KJV

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

25. Deuteronomy 15:7 KJV

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

26. Proverbs 28:27 KJV

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

27. Leviticus 25:35 KJV

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

28. Mark 10:45 KJV

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

29. Acts 20:35-38 KJV

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

30. Matthew 25:35 KJV

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

31. Acts 20:35 KJV

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

32. Luke 6:38 KJV

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

33. Matthew 19:21 KJV

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

34. Proverbs 14:21 KJV

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

35. Matthew 5:42 KJV

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

36. 1 Thessalonians 4:18 KJV

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

37. Psalms 68:5 KJV

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

38. Matthew 10:8 KJV

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

39. Luke 12:48 KJV

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

40. 2 Corinthians 8:9 KJV

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

41. Hebrews 6:10 KJV

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

42. Psalms 12:5 KJV

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

43. Deuteronomy 15:11 KJV

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

44. Romans 12:10 KJV

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

45. John 3:16 KJV

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

46. 1 Timothy 5:8 KJV

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

47. Proverbs 21:13 KJV

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

48. Galatians 6:2 KJV

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

49. Proverbs 29:7 KJV

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Bible Verses About Being the Light of God

50. Romans 12:8 KJV

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

51. John 3:17 KJV

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

52. Isaiah 58:10 KJV

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

53. Matthew 25:40 KJV

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

54. Ezekiel 22:29 KJV

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

55. Philippians 4:19 KJV

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

56. Luke 8:3 KJV

And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

57. Ephesians 2:10 KJV

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

58. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 KJV

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

59. Luke 1:37 KJV

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

60. Isaiah 25:4 KJV

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

61. Matthew 23:11 KJV

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

62. James 1:17 KJV

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

63. 1 Peter 4:10 KJV

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

64. Romans 15:1 KJV

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

65. Proverbs 3:27 KJV

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

66. Hebrews 13:3 KJV

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

67. Proverbs 11:25 KJV

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

68. Luke 11:41 KJV

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

69. Psalms 140:12 KJV

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

70. Matthew 5:16 KJV

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

71. Luke 10:27 KJV

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

72. Proverbs 22:9 KJV

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

73. John 15:12 KJV

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

74. Proverbs 19:17 KJV

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

75. Ephesians 4:28 KJV

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

76. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 KJV

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

77. Luke 6:28 KJV

Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

78. Acts 9:36 KJV

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

79. Hebrews 13:16 KJV

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

80. James 1:5 KJV

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

81. 1 John 3:17 KJV

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?