Bible Verses About Care for the Vulnerable

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

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

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

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

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

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:

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.

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

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

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

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.

Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

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 despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.