Bible Verses about “serving the poor”

“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.›”

“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?”

“¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.”

“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”

“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.”

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

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

“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:”

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

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