20 Bible Verses about Poor People

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall surely open thy hand to thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

However there shall be no poor with thee (for LORD will surely bless thee in the land which LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance to possess it),

For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me.

For ye always have the poor with you, and whenever ye may desire ye can do them well, but ye do not always have me.

For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me.

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor man is separated from his friend.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone.

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

For what advantage has the wise man more than the fool? What has the poor man, who knows how to walk before the living?

A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.

Then I said, Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of LORD, nor the law of their God.

But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.

And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner.

And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not make him to serve as a bondman.

And if a stranger or sojourner with thee becomes rich, and thy brother becomes poor beside him, and sells himself to the stranger [or] sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family,

The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but a poor man who has understanding searches him out.

Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

For if a man with a gold ring in bright clothing comes into your synagogue, and also a poor man in dirty clothing comes in,

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.