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Bible Verses About Poverty

  • And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
  • Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  • For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
  • The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
  • Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
  • Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
  • God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and ...
  • Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
  • And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ...
  • Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
  • And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
  • The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
  • Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
  • Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth ...
  • The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
  • But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
  • Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
  • And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that ...
  • The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
  • The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
  • The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
  • The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
  • The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
  • Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance ...
  • And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book ...
  • The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.