Bible Verses about 'Poor'
- Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender. - Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy. - What a person desires is unfailing love;
better to be poor than a liar. - A person’s riches may ransom their life,
but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. - The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts. - Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. - This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles. - Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
- Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
- Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
The one who was dying blessed me;
I made the widow’s heart sing. - If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
- The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free. - This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’
- The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners. - John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”
- Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.
- But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
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