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100 Bible Verses about Welfare

Deuteronomy 15:7-11 ESV / 768 helpful votes

“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin. You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

Proverbs 28:27 ESV / 722 helpful votes

Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 673 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 ESV / 640 helpful votes

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. ...

2 Thessalonians 3:8 ESV / 634 helpful votes

Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

Leviticus 19:9-10 ESV / 634 helpful votes

“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.

Philippians 2:2-8 ESV / 623 helpful votes

Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, ...

Romans 15:1-2 ESV / 597 helpful votes

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

James 2:14-24 ESV / 567 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ...

Romans 12:17-21 ESV / 512 helpful votes

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 510 helpful votes

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

Jeremiah 29:7 ESV / 448 helpful votes

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 415 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 405 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 340 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Deuteronomy 15:11 ESV / 334 helpful votes

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

Proverbs 19:17 ESV / 308 helpful votes

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 303 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Luke 6:38 ESV / 299 helpful votes

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Luke 12:33 ESV / 298 helpful votes

Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Jeremiah 30:1-24 ESV / 296 helpful votes

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.” These are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah: “Thus says the Lord: We have heard a cry of panic, of terror, and no peace. ...

Proverbs 14:21 ESV / 288 helpful votes

Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Mark 12:31 ESV / 283 helpful votes

The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Jeremiah 38:4 ESV / 282 helpful votes

Then the officials said to the king, “Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”

Romans 12:2 ESV / 277 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Luke 3:12-14 ESV / 276 helpful votes

Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Collect no more than you are authorized to do.” Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”

Isaiah 58:10-11 ESV / 275 helpful votes

If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Luke 21:1-4 ESV / 272 helpful votes

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Luke 16:13 ESV / 272 helpful votes

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 267 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 253 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Ezra 6:10 ESV / 251 helpful votes

That they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 249 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Proverbs 14:31 ESV / 243 helpful votes

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Hebrews 13:16 ESV / 239 helpful votes

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

John 15:13 ESV / 239 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Luke 6:27 ESV / 236 helpful votes

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 233 helpful votes

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 19:15 ESV / 233 helpful votes

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

John 14:6 ESV / 228 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Hebrews 13:15-16 ESV / 227 helpful votes

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Romans 14:1 ESV / 227 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.

Philippians 2:2 ESV / 222 helpful votes

Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

Matthew 6:31 ESV / 217 helpful votes

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

James 2:24 ESV / 214 helpful votes

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

James 2:14 ESV / 214 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

Romans 15:2 ESV / 213 helpful votes

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

1 Timothy 5:3-10 ESV / 203 helpful votes

Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach. ...

1 Timothy 2:1-2 ESV / 203 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Matthew 22:39 ESV / 197 helpful votes

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 193 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Philippians 2:20 ESV / 191 helpful votes

For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

Jeremiah 29:1 ESV / 184 helpful votes

These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 181 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 179 helpful votes

Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

John 13:7 ESV / 174 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”

Matthew 5:42 ESV / 174 helpful votes

Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

Exodus 20:15 ESV / 174 helpful votes

“You shall not steal.

Romans 8:31 ESV / 172 helpful votes

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Philippians 2:4 ESV / 167 helpful votes

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

John 15:12 ESV / 161 helpful votes

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

John 16:33 ESV / 160 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

James 2:8 ESV / 156 helpful votes

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 156 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 150 helpful votes

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

John 10:10 ESV / 149 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 144 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

John 8:32 ESV / 143 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Romans 12:19 ESV / 142 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

John 14:27 ESV / 139 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 138 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 12:21 ESV / 138 helpful votes

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

2 Thessalonians 3:11 ESV / 137 helpful votes

For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.

Romans 8:18 ESV / 135 helpful votes

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 132 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

John 3:16 ESV / 131 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 15:1 ESV / 123 helpful votes

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2 Thessalonians 3:9 ESV / 122 helpful votes

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 119 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Proverbs 22:9 ESV / 116 helpful votes

Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 111 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 110 helpful votes

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Deuteronomy 25:4 ESV / 110 helpful votes

“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

1 John 3:17 ESV / 106 helpful votes

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 106 helpful votes

Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,

Isaiah 58:10 ESV / 104 helpful votes

If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 102 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

James 4:7 ESV / 97 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 97 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 95 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Jeremiah 14:11 ESV / 86 helpful votes

The Lord said to me: “Do not pray for the welfare of this people.

Proverbs 11:25 ESV / 86 helpful votes

Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Isaiah 53:5 ESV / 83 helpful votes

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 80 helpful votes

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:25 ESV / 79 helpful votes

That there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

Colossians 3:12-14 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Proverbs 19:1 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

Deuteronomy 15:7 ESV / 76 helpful votes

“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 69 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 61 helpful votes

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

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