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Bible Verses about Poverty

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then 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 live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.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.
Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.
Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
The Lord makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up.The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
John replied, “If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry.”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 Heaven’s Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another. Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.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.’
Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened; he saved me from all my troubles.This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me.
The rich can pay a ransom for their lives, but the poor won’t even get threatened.The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke.
For I assisted the poor in their need and the orphans who required help. I helped those without hope, and they blessed me. And I caused the widows’ hearts to 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.
Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest.What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.
If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.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, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free.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 Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.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, O Lord! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not ignore the helpless!Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

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