Throughout the Bible, we find numerous verses emphasizing the importance of compassion for the poor and needy. God’s heart for the marginalized and His call to care for those less fortunate are central themes in Scripture.

These verses remind us of our responsibility to show love, kindness, and generosity to those who are in need. As followers of Christ, we are called to extend compassion to the poor, just as God has shown compassion to us. Let these scriptures inspire and challenge us to live lives marked by love and compassion towards the less fortunate.

1. Proverbs 19:17 “He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward him for what he has done.”

2. Psalm 82:3 “Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.”

3. Proverbs 14:31 “Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.”

4. Proverbs 22:9 “The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.”

5. Isaiah 58:10 “And if you spend yourselves in 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 the noonday.”

6. Psalm 41:1 “Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble, the Lord delivers him.”

7. Matthew 25:35-36 “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

8. Deuteronomy 15:11 “There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to be open-handed toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.”

9. Proverbs 28:27 “Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.”

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10. Luke 14:13-14 “But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

11. Proverbs 29:7 “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.”

12. James 2:14-17 “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”

13. Luke 6:20-21 “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.”

14. Proverbs 31:8-9 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

15. Psalm 112:9 “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor.”

16. Matthew 5:42 “Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.”

17. Proverbs 31:20 “She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.”

18. 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.”

19. Proverbs 28:8 “Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.”

20. Luke 16:19-21 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.”

21. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.”

22. Matthew 19:21 “Jesus answered, ‘If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'”

23. Job 29:12-13 “Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them. The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.”

24. Proverbs 31:31 “Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.”

25. 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.'”

26. Matthew 6:2-4 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 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. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

27. Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.”

28. Psalm 140:12 “I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.”

29. Leviticus 19:10 “Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.”

30. Luke 3:11 “John answered, ‘Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.'”