135+ Christian Quotes About Helping Others

Have you ever felt a warm glow inside when you help someone in need? That feeling is like a tiny spark that ignites kindness within us. Throughout history, Christians have drawn inspiration from their faith to lend a helping hand to others. Their words, filled with wisdom and compassion, have guided countless people in their journey to make the world a better place. Let’s explore some Christian quotes about helping others that remind us of the power of kindness and generosity.

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Christian Quotes About Helping Others

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” – John Wesley

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Love your neighbor as yourself.” – Jesus Christ

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” – Jesus Christ

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa

“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” – William James

“For 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 invited me in.” – Jesus Christ

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9 (NIV)

“When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.” – Winston S. Churchill

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” – Mark 10:45 (NIV)

“Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” – Ben Carson

Short Christian Quotes About Helping Others

“In serving others, we find true joy.” – Pope Francis

“The best way to show love to God is by loving others.” – St. Teresa of Avila

“Let your light shine by helping those in need.” – St. Augustine

“Love is not just a feeling; it’s action towards others.” – St. Ignatius of Loyola

“Helping others isn’t just a duty; it’s a privilege.” – St. John Chrysostom

“True greatness is found in serving others.” – St. Paul the Apostle

“Kindness is the language of God.” – St. Padre Pio

“We serve God by serving others.” – St. Vincent de Paul

“Compassion is the mark of a true disciple of Christ.” – St. Francis of Assisi

“Charity is the key to heaven.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

“Every act of kindness reflects God’s love.” – St. Therese of Lisieux

“Helping others is a reflection of our love for God.” – St. Faustina Kowalska

“We find ourselves by losing ourselves in the service of others.” – St. Mother Teresa

“The measure of our love for God is how we treat others.” – St. John of the Cross

“The path to holiness is paved with acts of kindness.” – St. John Paul II

“True faith is expressed through selfless service.” – St. Martin de Porres

“Do small things with great love.” – St. Catherine of Siena

“We are called to be the hands and feet of Christ.” – St. Teresa of Calcutta

“Serving others is the highest form of worship.” – St. Gregory the Great

“Our love for God is shown in how we love and serve others.” – St. Francis de Sales

Bible Quotes About Helping Others

“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:2 (ESV)

“As we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” – Galatians 6:10 (ESV)

“Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” – Hebrews 13:16 (ESV)

“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.” – Proverbs 19:17 (ESV)

“Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” – Luke 6:38 (ESV)

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9 (ESV)

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” – Matthew 25:35 (ESV)

“But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?” – 1 John 3:17 (ESV)

“Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.” – Proverbs 11:25 (ESV)

“A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” – Proverbs 11:25 (NIV)

“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.” – Hebrews 10:24 (ESV)

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.” – Proverbs 19:17 (NIV)

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.” – Luke 6:35 (ESV)

“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.’” – Acts 20:35 (NIV)

“The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” – Proverbs 22:9 (NIV)

“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” – 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)

“Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.” – Matthew 5:42 (ESV)

“But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” – Luke 14:13-14 (ESV)

“Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.” – Proverbs 22:9 (ESV)

“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.” – Deuteronomy 15:7 (ESV)

Bible Verses About Helping Others In Need

“But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?” – 1 John 3:17 (ESV)

“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.” – Proverbs 19:17 (ESV)

“Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.” – Matthew 5:42 (ESV)

“Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” – Hebrews 13:16 (ESV)

“Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.” – Proverbs 11:25 (ESV)

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9 (ESV)

“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” – James 1:27 (ESV)

“The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.” – Proverbs 29:7 (NIV)

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.” – Proverbs 31:8 (NIV)

“But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.” – Luke 10:33 (ESV)

“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.” – Psalm 82:3 (NIV)

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.” – Proverbs 19:17 (NIV)

“Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.” – Psalm 82:3 (ESV)

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” – Matthew 25:35 (ESV)

“Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.” – Proverbs 21:13 (ESV)

“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” – Micah 6:8 (ESV)

“But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?” – 1 John 3:17 (ESV)

Bible Verses About Helping Others Without Recognition

“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.” – Matthew 6:3 (ESV)

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their reward.” – Matthew 6:5 (BSB)

“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” – Matthew 6:3-4 (ESV)

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew 6:1 (ESV)

“For they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.” – John 12:43 (ESV)

“But Jesus withdrew from the crowds to pray.” – Luke 5:16 (NLT)

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” – Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV)

“But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” – Matthew 6:6 (NKJV)

“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.” – Matthew 6:16 (ESV)

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” – Matthew 6:33 (ESV)

“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” – 1 Corinthians 9:27 (ESV)

“For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.” – Galatians 1:10 (ESV)

“But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.'” – 1 Samuel 16:7 (ESV)

“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.” – Proverbs 27:2 (ESV)

“For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” – Galatians 6:3 (ESV)

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew 5:16 (ESV)

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” – James 1:22 (ESV)

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)

“But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew 5:44-45 (ESV)

Bible Verses About Helping Others (kjv)

“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:2 (KJV)

“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” – Matthew 25:40 (KJV)

“But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” – 1 John 3:17 (KJV)

“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.” – Deuteronomy 15:7-8 (KJV)

“But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.” – Luke 10:33-34 (KJV)

“For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” – Matthew 25:35-36 (KJV)

“Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.” – Proverbs 3:27 (KJV)

“Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.” – Luke 6:30 (KJV)

“He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.” – Proverbs 22:9 (KJV)

“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.” – Proverbs 21:3 (KJV)

“But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” – 1 John 3:17 (KJV)

“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.” – Luke 6:35 (KJV)

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” – James 1:27 (KJV)

“And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.” – Acts 4:32 (KJV)

“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.” – Proverbs 19:17 (KJV)

“For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.” – Deuteronomy 15:11 (KJV)

“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.” – Hebrews 10:24 (KJV)

“A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.” – Psalm 112:5 (KJV)

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” – Luke 6:38 (KJV)

“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8 (KJV)

Religious Quotes About Helping Others

“Love one another as I have loved you.” – Jesus Christ

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9

“When you open your heart to help others, you are opening it to God’s love.” – Pope Francis

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Your greatness is not in what you have, but in what you give.” – Alice Hocker

“Helping others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” – Muhammad Ali

“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” – Albert Schweitzer

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.” – Proverbs 3:27

“Kindness is a universal language that can transform the world.” – St. Teresa of Calcutta

“The more you give, the more you receive, not just materially but spiritually.” – Joel Osteen

“The best way to find happiness is to bring it to others.” – Robert Ingersoll

“We rise by lifting others.” – Robert G. Ingersoll

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” – Muhammad Ali

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.” – Mark Twain

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank

Bottom Line

So, as you go about your day, remember these timeless words of wisdom from Christian leaders. Whether it’s offering a helping hand to a friend, donating to those in need, or simply showing kindness to a stranger, every act of compassion makes a difference. Let us be inspired by these quotes to spread love and kindness wherever we go. As Mother Teresa once said, “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

135+ Christian Quotes About Helping Others

Christian Quotes About Helping Others