We live in a world where people are suffering from sickness and financial problems and as children of God we must take care of these people. Lord Jesus taught us that when a person is in need, we must stand by him and help him, that is our true identity.
God’s Word teaches us that those who help the poor lend to the Lord, and the Lord repays them. Lord Jesus told us that on the day of judgment, he will judge all people according to their different deeds. So we should help the poor and helpless and sick people because it is our duty.
As we are changed by believing in Jesus, we must do various good works that please God. If we always think about ourselves then we will never get the opportunity to serve the sick and poor people. Let us help the poor, helpless, and sick people with what we have because God will bless us through this work.
The following Bible verses make it clear that caring for the poor and sick is not only a moral obligation but also a way of showing one’s love to God.
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”
Isaiah 25:4
“For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall”
Matthew 19:21
“Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me”
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”
Proverbs 21:13
“Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard”
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”
Proverbs 17:5
“Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished”
Jeremiah 22:16
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord”
Psalm 140:12
“I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor”
Leviticus 19:15
“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour”
1 Samuel 2:8
“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord ‘s, and he hath set the world upon them”
Galatians 2:10
“Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do”
Psalm 12:5
“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”
1 John 3:17
“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?”
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”
Deuteronomy 15:10
“Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto”
James 2:5
“Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?”
Psalm 82:3
“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy”
Ezekiel 16:49
“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy”
Psalm 30:2
“O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me”
Proverbs 31:20
“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy”
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”
Luke 12:33
“Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth”
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”
Ezekiel 22:29
“The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully”
Proverbs 22:22
“Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate”
Psalm 35:10
“All my bones shall say, Lord , who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?”
Psalm 34:6
“This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles”
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”
Galatians 6:2
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ”
Isaiah 41:17
“When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them”
Isaiah 41:10
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”
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”
Matthew 5:42
“Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away”
Luke 1:37
“For with God nothing shall be impossible”
Mark 14:7
“For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always”
Romans 12:13
“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality”
Proverbs 28:27
“He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse”
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”
Isaiah 61:1
“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”
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”
Ephesians 4:28
“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth”
Proverbs 14:21
“He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he”
Luke 6:31
“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise”
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”
Proverbs 29:7
“The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it”
Proverbs 14:31
“He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor”
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 noon day”
