Bible verses about Caregiving
Verses for those who care for the sick or elderly, and the strength God gives them.
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
Genesis 47:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:32Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Ruth 1:16Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Psalms 71:9Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Psalms 71:18Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Proverbs 19:17Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
Isaiah 46:4I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
Matthew 25:36And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
Matthew 25:40He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Luke 10:34The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’
Luke 10:35When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
John 19:26Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
John 19:27Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Romans 12:13Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
1 Timothy 5:4If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy 5:8Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27