Bible Verses About Rescue Missions

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:

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

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

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

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?

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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

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

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

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.

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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

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

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

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

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

Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

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

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

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

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;