21 Bible Verses about Poor People

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;

For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.

Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.

And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

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