21 Bible Verses about Poor People

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

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

Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee; (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it;)

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

For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

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

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, 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 that vowed shall the priest value him.

And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto 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 the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

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

For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.