The best Bible verses for hospitality for prayer include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for hospitality for prayer, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it."Hebrews 13:2
"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it."Hebrews 13:2
"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,"Matthew 25:35
"The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the Lord your God."Leviticus 19:34
"We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth."3 John 1:8
"Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,"Acts 2:46
"Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?"Isaiah 58:7
"Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined."Titus 1:8
"Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,"1 Timothy 3:2
"Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God."Romans 15:7
"He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him."Luke 10:34
Occasions ask something specific of scripture. A verse chosen for hospitality for prayer 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 for prayer, 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 for prayer 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 for prayer 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 for prayer, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.