Does the Bible Say "charity Begins at Home"?

However, John Wycliffe is also credited for making a similar statement in 1383, as is Charles Dickens for a comment he made in 1844. Bible or Not goes on to say that while the phrase "charity begins at home" is not a biblical scripture, the concept could easily have come from 1 Timothy 5:4, where Paul tells Timothy to make sure the widows are taken care of by their own families first, before calling on the church.