The best Bible verses for hospitality (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for hospitality (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."Hebrews 13:2
"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."Hebrews 13:2
"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
"You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."Leviticus 19:34
"Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth."3 John 1:8
"And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,"Acts 2:46
"Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?"Isaiah 58:7
"Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,"1 Timothy 3:2
"He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him."Luke 10:34
Occasions ask something specific of scripture. A verse chosen for hospitality (ESV) is usually going to be read aloud, printed in a program, or spoken to someone at a moment they will remember for a long time — which rules out passages that need three sentences of setup before they land.
These 15 are the verses most often chosen for hospitality (ESV), and they are chosen for good reason: each one makes sense on first hearing, carries its meaning without commentary, and speaks to the moment rather than around it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for hospitality (ESV) are Hebrews 13:2, 1 Peter 4:9, Romans 12:13. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to hospitality (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for hospitality (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.