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Bible Verses about Poverty

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.”Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
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.I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy.Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.
Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
The Lord makes poor and rich; He humbles, He also exalts.The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
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.”He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
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.’Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart Against his brother.’
The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or trouble, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion.Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me.
The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke.The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke.
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.Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
What is desirable in a person is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.
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.And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
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.The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed.
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.The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the humble.Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

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