In the realm of faith and spirituality, the Bible serves as an invaluable guide for believers, offering profound insights into various aspects of life. One important lesson it imparts is the virtue of accepting help from others. While the Bible doesn’t explicitly state, “Thou shalt accept help,” it provides numerous stories and teachings that illuminate the value of communal support and humility.
One of the most iconic examples is the story of the Good Samaritan, where a stranger extends help to a wounded man on the side of the road. This parable teaches us that kindness and assistance should know no boundaries, emphasizing the importance of being open to receiving help when needed.
Additionally, the Bible promotes the idea that we are all part of the body of Christ. In this context, believers are encouraged to embrace their roles within the community, which often includes helping and being helped by others. Galatians 6:2 highlights the concept of bearing one another’s burdens, underscoring the idea that we are not meant to face life’s challenges alone.
Furthermore, the Bible encourages believers to cultivate a spirit of humility. Pride can prevent us from seeking or accepting assistance when we need it most. Embracing humility allows us to recognize our own limitations and the value of collaboration with others.
Galatians 6:2
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up”
1 Thessalonians 5:11
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do”
Hebrews 10:24-25
“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching”
Romans 12:10
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another”
John 15:12
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you”
Proverbs 27:17
“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend”
Romans 15:1-2
“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification”
1 Peter 4:10
“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God”
1 Corinthians 12:26
“And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it”
Philippians 2:4
“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others”
Proverbs 17:17
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity”
Colossians 3:13
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye”
Proverbs 15:22
“Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established”
Ecclesiastes 4:12
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken”
Luke 6:38
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again”
James 5:16
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”
Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them”
Proverbs 18:24
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother”
Acts 20:35
“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”
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God”
1 Thessalonians 5:14
“Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men”
Romans 12:15
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep”
1 Corinthians 16:14
“Let all your things be done with charity”
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”
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”
Isaiah 1:17
“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow”
Romans 13:8
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law”
Matthew 5:42
“Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away”
Proverbs 14:21
“He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he”
Proverbs 31:20
“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy”
Proverbs 22:9
“He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor”
2 Corinthians 9:7
“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver”
Leviticus 25:35
“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”
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”
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 28:27
“He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse”
2 Corinthians 8:9
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich”
Hebrews 13:16
“But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased”
James 2:15-16
“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?”
Philippians 2:3-4
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others”
Romans 12:13
“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality”
1 Timothy 6:18
“That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate”
Proverbs 11:25
“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself”
Matthew 5:16
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven”
