Charity Bible Verses

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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Charity refers here to the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need. What does the Bible say about Charity? Here are 9 related verses. Use this table of contents to go to any section:

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Giving Surplus to the Poor

LEVITICUS 19:9-10Verses in the Bible

  • 9 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.
    Leviticus 19:9 Meaning
  • 10 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.
    Leviticus 19:10 Meaning

Poor People Will Always Exist, Help Them

DEUTERONOMY 15:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 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.

Blessed Are Those Who Help the Poor

PSALM 41:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

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

Do Not Make Fun of or Mock the Poor

PROVERBS 17:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Help the Poor and Those in Need

ISAIAH 1:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

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

Give Cheerfully to Others

2 CORINTHIANS 9:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Give Tangible Help, Not Just Words

JAMES 2:15-16Verses in the Bible

  • 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
    James 2:15 Meaning
  • 16 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?
    James 2:16 Meaning

• See Alms

• See Beneficence

• See Liberality

• See Love

Sources

The King James Bible text is sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). Bible topic categories and verse references are from Nave's Topical Bible (1896) by Orville James Nave (1841–1917). Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool.


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