Bible verses about Homelessness
Verses about shelter, welcome and the God who is near to those without a home.
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.
Deuteronomy 15:7Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
Deuteronomy 15:8For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
Deuteronomy 15:11The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalms 9:9This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Psalms 34:6For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
Psalms 46:1God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Psalms 68:6For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Psalms 72:12Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
Psalms 107:4They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
Psalms 107:5Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
Psalms 107:6He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
Psalms 107:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Isaiah 58:7Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
Matthew 8:20For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
Matthew 25:35I 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 25:40For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
Psalms 27:5Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Romans 12:13Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Hebrews 13:2For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Hebrews 13:14Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
James 2:15If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?
James 2:16Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
1 Peter 4:9