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17 Bible Verses About Feeding the Hungry

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Summary

  • Psalm 146:7 lists giving food to the hungry among the acts of the Lord, between justice for the oppressed and freedom for prisoners.
  • Deuteronomy 24:19-21 left forgotten sheaves, olives and grapes for the sojourner, the fatherless and the widow, and Ruth gleans in Boaz’s field in Ruth 2:2-3.
  • Isaiah 58:7 calls sharing bread with the hungry the fast God chooses, in answer to people who fasted while oppressing their workers.
  • Jesus told his disciples, “You give them something to eat” before feeding five thousand (Matthew 14:16), and in Matthew 25:35 hunger heads the six needs the King counts as met or neglected in himself.
  • Romans 12:20 quotes Proverbs 25:21-22 to command feeding a hungry enemy.

The Bible treats feeding the hungry as work God does himself and commands his people to share. The Lord “gives food to the hungry” (Psalm 146:7), the harvest law left sheaves in the field for the sojourner, the fatherless and the widow (Deuteronomy 24:19), and Isaiah calls sharing bread with the hungry the fast God chooses (Isaiah 58:7). Jesus told his disciples, “you give them something to eat” (Matthew 14:16), and counted food given to the hungry as given to…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

New International Version, Proverbs 22:9 and Isaiah 58:7, quoted for comparison. biblegateway.com

King James Version, Isaiah 58:10, quoted for comparison. biblegateway.com

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