Bible Verses about Poverty

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• Jesus said to him, “If you want to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
  Matthew 19:21blamelessgivingmaterialism
• I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
  Philippians 4:12contentmentfoodlife
• Open your mouth, judge righteously,
  And defend the rights of the poor and needy.
  Proverbs 31:9righteousnessspeakinggiving
• In all labor there is profit,
  But mere talk leads only to poverty.
  Proverbs 14:23reliabilityspeakingencouragement
• Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
  Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
  Psalm 82:3orphansneighborrighteousness
• As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
  2 Corinthians 6:10sadnessjoymoney
• The Lord makes poor and rich;
  He humbles, He also exalts.
  1 Samuel 2:7moneyalmightyhumility
• And he would answer and say to them, “The one who has two tunics is to share with the one who has none; and the one who has food is to do likewise.”
  Luke 3:11materialismgivingneighbor
• This is what the Lord of armies has said: ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
  Zechariah 7:9-10evilrighteousnessneighbor
• The rich rules over the poor,
  And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
  Proverbs 22:7moneydebtslavery
• This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him,
  And saved him out of all his troubles.
  Psalm 34:6listeningprayersalvation
• Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or trouble, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
  Romans 8:35lovesufferingpersecution
• Keep deception and lies far from me,
  Give me neither poverty nor riches;
  Feed me with the food that is my portion.
  Proverbs 30:8materialismfoodmoney
• The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
  But the poor hears no rebuke.
  Proverbs 13:8moneymaterialismfear
• Because I saved the poor who cried for help,
  And the orphan who had no helper.
  The blessing of the one who was about to perish came upon me,
  And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
  Job 29:12-13widowsorphanssinging
• What is desirable in a person is his kindness,
  And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22reliabilitymoneygoodness
• And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.
  1 Corinthians 13:3lovesufferinggiving
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
  Because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor.
  He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives,
  And recovery of sight to the blind,
  To set free those who are oppressed.
  Luke 4:18Spiritevangelismfreedom
• The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
  Because the Lord anointed me
  To bring good news to the humble;
  He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
  To proclaim release to captives
  And freedom to prisoners.
  Isaiah 61:1Spirithoperedeemer
• Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand.
  Do not forget the humble.
  Psalm 10:12prayerneighbor