Bible Verses about Charity

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 09/19/2019

What does the Bible say about Charity? Discover the top Bible verses about Charity from the Old and New Testaments. Read through the biblical references of Charity to learn more about its meaning and significance. May you find some insight from these related scripture quotes!

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1 Corinthians 8:1

1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
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Colossians 3:14

Colossians 3:14
14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
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1 Timothy 1:5

5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is Patient, Love is Kind
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
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Luke 6:38

38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
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Titus 2:2

2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
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Proverbs 19:17

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.
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1 Timothy 4:12

12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
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1 Peter 4:8

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8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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Acts 20:35

35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
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Revelation 2:19

19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
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1 Corinthians 13:13

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13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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1 Thessalonians 3:6

6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.
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1 Peter 5:14

14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
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1 John 3:17

17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
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2 Corinthians 9:6-7

6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is Patient, Love is Kind
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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1 Timothy 2:15

15 But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
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Acts 9:36

36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.
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Luke 11:41

41 But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.
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2 Corinthians 9:7

7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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Matthew 19:21

21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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Proverbs 14:21

21 It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.
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Proverbs 28:27

27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.
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Matthew 5:42

42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
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1 Corinthians 13:8

Love Never Fails
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
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1 Corinthians 16:14

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14 Do everything in love.
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2 Peter 1:7

7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
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Matthew 24:12

12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
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Luke 11:42

42 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
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1 Corinthians 8:3

3 But whoever loves God is known by God.
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Colossians 3:1

1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
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1 Thessalonians 3:2

2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
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1 Thessalonians 1:3

1 Thessalonians 1:3
3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 1:1

1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
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1 Timothy 4:1

1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
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1 Timothy 2:2

2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
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1 Timothy 3:10

10 They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
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1 Peter 1:7

7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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1 Corinthians 13:1-3

1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
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1 Corinthians 13:8-13

1 Corinthians 13:12a
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.
12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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John 1:6

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
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1 Timothy 5:4

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
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1 Timothy 5:8

8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Luke 12:33

33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
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