29 Bible Verses about Poverty, Spiritual

And He did not many mighty works there on account of their unbelief.

And He was astonished on account of their unbelief.And He went about the villages in a circuit teaching.

wranglings of men having been corrupted as to their mind and turned away from the truth, considering that gain is godliness.

because you were at that time without Christ, being alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and being atheists in the world.

For what is a man profited, if he may gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

For what is a man profited, gaining the whole world, and losing or forfeiting himself?

But God said to him, Thou fool, this night they are demanding thy soul from thee; and to whom shall those things which thou hast prepared, belong? So is every one laying up treasure for himself, and not rich toward God.

And it came to pass that the beggar died, and himself was carried by the angels into the bosom of Abraham: and the rich man also died, and was buried. And in Hades lifted up his eyes, being in torment, sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten: your gold and your silver are cankered; and their rust shall be for a witness against you, and eat your flesh like fire. You laid up treasures in the last days.read more.
Behold, the wages of the laborers having reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out: and the voices of the reapers have come into the ears of the Lord of hosts. Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter. You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.

Because you are saying, That I am rich, and have increased in riches, and have need as to nothing, and do you not know that you are miserable, and pitiful, and poor, and blind, and naked?

And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled unto them, saying, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive. Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.

Remember therefore whence you have fallen, and repent, and do your first works; lest I come to you, and shall move your candlestick out of its place, if you do not repent.

For I know that in me, that is, in my carnal mind, there dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but to do that which is beautiful is not:

And Simon Peter, seeing, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying; Depart from me, Lord, because I am a sinful man,

And Jesus went along with them. And already He being not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, Lord, be not troubled: for I am not worthy that you may come in under my roof:

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

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

And He lifting up His eyes to His disciples, said, Blessed are ye poor: because the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are ye who hunger now: because ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye who weep now: because ye shall laugh.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.

and he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

Likewise, you younger men, submit to the elders: and all put on humility toward one another; because God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time:

He filled the poor with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation:

For you suffered along with the prisoners, and received with joy the spoliation of your goods, knowing that you have a better and abiding possession.

they were stoned, they were tempted, they were burnt, they died by the edge of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, troubled, persecuted, of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and caves and dens of the earth. And all these, having received the witness of the spirit through faith, did not obtain the promise:read more.
God having reserved something better for us, that they might not be made perfect apart from us.

unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and never fading, having been kept in the heavens unto you,

as sorrowing, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Hear, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him with divine love?

I know your tribulations, and your poverty, but you are rich; and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.