12 Bible Verses about Poverty

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

I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and make complete in my flesh things lacking of the afflictions of the Christ for his body, which is the church.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has not where he might lay his head.

He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has not where he might lay his head.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has not where he might lay his head.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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

I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and make complete in my flesh things lacking of the afflictions of the Christ for his body, which is the church.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

And, behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The rich and the poor meet together. LORD is the maker of them all.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped. And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.

LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

Yea, certainly God will not do wrong. Neither will the Almighty pervert justice. Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has disposed the whole world? If he sets his heart upon himself, [if] he gathers his spirit and his breath to himself, read more.
all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust. If now [thou be] understanding, hear this. Hearken to the voice of words. Behold thou him who hates lawlessness, and who destroys evil men, who is forever righteousness, [him] who says to a king, [Thou are] vile, to ranking men, [Ye are] wicked, who does not respect the persons of rulers, nor regards the rich more than the poor. For they all are the work of his hands.

in that day he shall lift up [his voice], saying, I will not be a healer, for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. Ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

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

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.

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

And having lifted up his eyes on his disciples, he said, Blessed are the poor, because the kingdom of God is what belongs to you.

Thus says LORD, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What manner of house will ye build to me, and what place shall be my rest? For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

I know thy works and tribulation and poverty (but thou are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.

And she said, As LORD thy God lives, I do not have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse. And, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son that we may eat it,

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou know that thy servant feared LORD, and the creditor has come to take my two children to him to be bo

And he said to him, Oh, LORD, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

And one poor widow having come, she cast in two mites, which are a quadrans.

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

I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and make complete in my flesh things lacking of the afflictions of the Christ for his body, which is the church.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such.

Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

Now for a long time Israel was without the TRUE God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

that ye were at that time independent of Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and alien of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and godless in the world.

Behold, the days come, says lord LORD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of LORD.

lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use the name of my God profanely.

And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry. And after he who tempts came, he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak so that these stones may become bread.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

And, behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.