Bible Verses about “welfare”

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

“¶ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:”

“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”

“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”

“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.”

“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.”

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

“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.›”

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

“For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.”

“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,”

“And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?”

“Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.”

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:”

“¶ What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?”

“Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.”

“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”

“Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.”

“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”

“But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:”

“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?”

“Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:”

“And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.”

“Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?”

“Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”

“Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?”

“Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, [being] of one accord, of one mind.”

“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.”

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

“Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.”

“Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.”

“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:”

“¶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.”

“But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.”

“Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.”

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

“And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.”

“Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.”

“For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;”

“Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:”

“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.”

“And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.”