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Bible Verses about Poverty

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.”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 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.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.
Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.
Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the 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 everything.As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts.The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must 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.”
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.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 is the slave of the lender.The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, 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?
This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble.This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need.Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me.
Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats.The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke.
What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.
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.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.
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.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 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 let the oppressed go 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 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.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.
Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed.Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

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