Bible Verses about 'Poor'
- Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- The rich ruleth over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender. - Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
and plead the cause of the poor and needy. - The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich:
he bringeth low, and lifteth up. - The ransom of a man's life are his riches:
but the poor heareth not rebuke. - The desire of a man is his kindness:
and a poor man is better than a liar. - Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the afflicted and needy. - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles. - As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
- And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
- Because I delivered the poor that cried,
and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me:
and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
- Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
- The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
because the Lord hath anointed me
to preach good tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. - He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
- Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Bible verse of the day
A fool despiseth his father's instruction:but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.