16 Bible Verses about Blessings Of The Poor
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For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she possessed—all she had to live on.”
For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.
Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?
as grieving yet always rejoicing;
as poor yet enriching many;
as having nothing yet possessing everything.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich, for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich.
I know your affliction and poverty, yet you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
One man pretends to be rich but has nothing;
another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.
Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.
Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than a rich man who distorts right and wrong.
Then looking up at His disciples, He said:
You who are poor are blessed,
because the kingdom of God is yours.
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.
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- Blessings (85 instances)
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