Bible Verses about Poverty

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• Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
  Matthew 19:21 blameless giving materialism
• I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.
  Philippians 4:12 contentment food life
• Speak out; judge righteously;
  defend the rights of the poor and needy.
  Proverbs 31:9 righteousness speaking giving
• In all toil there is profit,
  but mere talk leads only to poverty.
  Proverbs 14:23 reliability speaking encouragement
• As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.
  2 Corinthians 6:10 sadness joy money
• Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
  maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
  Psalm 82:3 orphans neighbor righteousness
• The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
  he brings low; he also exalts.
  1 Samuel 2:7 money almighty humility
• In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”
  Luke 3:11 materialism giving neighbor
• Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.
  Zechariah 7:9-10 evil righteousness neighbor
• This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
  and was saved from every trouble.
  Psalm 34:6 listening prayer salvation
• The rich rule over the poor,
  and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
  Proverbs 22:7 money debt slavery
• Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?
  Romans 8:35 love suffering persecution
• Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
  give me neither poverty nor riches;
  feed me with the food that I need.
  Proverbs 30:8 materialism food money
• Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
  but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.
  Proverbs 13:8 money materialism fear
• What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
  and it is better to be poor than a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22 reliability money goodness
• Because I delivered the poor who cried
  and the orphan who had no helper.
  The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
  and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
  Job 29:12-13 widows orphans singing
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
  because he has anointed me
  to bring good news to the poor.
  He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
  and recovery of sight to the blind,
  to set free those who are oppressed.
  Luke 4:18 Spirit evangelism freedom
• If I give away all my possessions and if I hand over my body so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
  1 Corinthians 13:3 love suffering giving
• The spirit of the Lord God is upon me
  because the Lord has anointed me;
  he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
  to bind up the brokenhearted,
  to proclaim liberty to the captives
  and release to the prisoners.
  Isaiah 61:1 Spirit hope redeemer
• Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
  do not forget the oppressed.
  Psalm 10:12 prayer neighbor