13 Bible Verses about Poverty

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said, With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge. Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world? If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, read more.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

Then he will say with an oath, I will not be a helper, for in my house there is no bread or clothing: I will not let you make me a ruler of the people.

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

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

And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place? For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.

For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.

Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;

That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it. And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.