Feeding the hungry

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• Matthew 25:35

  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:

• Isaiah 58:10

  And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

• James 2:14–18

  What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 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? …

• Proverbs 28:27

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

• 1 John 3:17–18

  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? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

• Proverbs 14:31

  He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

• Luke 3:11

  He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

• Proverbs 22:9

  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

• Proverbs 19:17

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

• John 6:35

  And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

• Matthew 25:37–40

  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? …

• Matthew 14:15–21

  And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. …

• Proverbs 31:20

  She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

• Deuteronomy 15:7

  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:

• Matthew 25:34–46

  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 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: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. …

• Galatians 6:2

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

• Matthew 25:40

  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.

• Isaiah 58:7

  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?

• Romans 12:20

  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.

• Psalms 146:7

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

• Ezekiel 18:7

  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;

• Proverbs 25:21

  If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

• James 1:27

  Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

• James 2:15

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

• Proverbs 21:13

  Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

• Deuteronomy 24:19

  When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

• Matthew 5:6

  Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

• Deuteronomy 15:11

  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.

• Matthew 10:42

  And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

• Luke 1:53

  He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

• Deuteronomy 8:3

  And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

• Matthew 25:36

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

• Matthew 25:37

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

• James 2:16

  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?

• Matthew 4:4

  But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

• Matthew 25:1–46

  Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: …

• Romans 12:13

  Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

• Luke 9:13

  But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

• Isaiah 61:1–2

  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

• John 6:55–59

  For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. …