Bible Verses about Poverty

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell… Matthew 19:21

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Matthew 19:21 blameless giving materialism
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Philippians 4:12 contentment food life

Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9 righteousness speaking giving
In all labour there is profit:
but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 14:23 reliability speaking encouragement
Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalm 82:3 orphans neighbor righteousness
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
2 Corinthians 6:10 sadness joy money
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich:
he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
1 Samuel 2:7 money almighty humility
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Luke 3:11 materialism giving neighbor
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Zechariah 7:9-10 evil righteousness neighbor
The rich ruleth over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7 money debt slavery
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalm 34:6 listening prayer salvation
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:35 love suffering persecution
Remove far from me vanity and lies:
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me.
Proverbs 30:8 materialism food money
The ransom of a man's life are his riches:
but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 13:8 money materialism fear
Because I delivered the poor that cried,
and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me:
and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 29:12-13 widows orphans singing
The desire of a man is his kindness:
and a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 19:22 reliability money goodness
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3 love suffering giving
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
Luke 4:18 Spirit evangelism freedom
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
because the Lord hath anointed me
to preach good tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.
Isaiah 61:1 Spirit hope redeemer
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand:
forget not the humble.
Psalm 10:12 prayer neighbor