21 Bible Verses about Poor People
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When you help the poor (needy) (lowly) (depressed) you lend to Jehovah. He will pay you back.
There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That is why I am commanding you to be generous with them.
There should not be any poor people among you. Jehovah your God will certainly bless you in the land he is giving you as your own possession.
You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.
The brothers of the poor hate him. His friends leave him. He pursues them with words but they do not listen!
What does the wise have more than the fool? What does the poor have knowing how to walk before man?
He comes out of prison to rule as king. He that is born in his kingdom becomes poor.
I thought: These are only the poor and ignorant. They are foolish. They do not know what their God requires, what Jehovah wants them to do.
The person who is too poor to pay the required amount must stand in front of the priest. The priest will determine the amount based on what the person can afford.
If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.
If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not work him like a slave.
Suppose a foreigner living with you becomes rich, while some Israelites become poor and sell themselves as slaves to that foreigner or to a member of that foreigner's family.
A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding, sees right through him.
Then I said: Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
A man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes comes into your synagogue.
Blessed (Greek: makarios: happy, blessed) are those conscious of their spiritual need, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
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