Alms
30 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
Asking
- John 9:8 At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
- Acts 3:2 And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
Commandments and Practices Concerning
- Leviticus 25:35 Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
- Deuteronomy 14:28–29 At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. …
- Deuteronomy 15:7–11 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. …
- Isaiah 58:6–7 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? …
- Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
- Matthew 6:1–4 “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. …
- Matthew 19:21 Jesus told him, “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.”
- Luke 11:41 But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
- Luke 12:33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Romans 12:8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5–7 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly. …
- Galatians 2:10 They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
- 1 Timothy 6:18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
- Hebrews 13:16 And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- 1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
Giving: Cornelius
- Acts 10:2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
Giving: Dorcas
- Acts 9:36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
Giving: The Early Christians
- Acts 2:44–45 All the believers were together and had everything in common. …
- Acts 4:34–37 There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, …
- Acts 6:1–3 In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. …
- Acts 11:29–30 So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. …
- Acts 24:17 After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
- Romans 15:25–28 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there. …
- 1 Corinthians 16:1–4 Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia: …
- 2 Corinthians 8:1–4 Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia. …
- 2 Corinthians 9:1 Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
- Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
Giving: Zaccheus
- Luke 19:8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
Related topics
BeneficenceGivingLiberality in JerusalemLiberalityPoorThe Poor
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.