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 humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. |
| Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy. |
| In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. |
| Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. | Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. |
| 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. | Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also 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 them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. 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 has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’ |
| The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. | The rich rule over the poor. 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, and Yahweh 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? Could oppression, or anguish, 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 far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for 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 hear no threats. |
| 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, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him, the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on 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. | That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. 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. | If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have 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 on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed. |
| 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 Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound. |
| Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the humble. | Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless. |
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