13 Bible Verses about Poverty

as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

and behold joy and rejoicing, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough.

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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

And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped; and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah!

Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:

Yea, surely, God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment. Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole world? If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath, read more.
All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust. If now thou hast understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words! Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just? Shall one say to a king, Belial? to nobles, Wicked? How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.

he will lift up his hand in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.

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

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.

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

And he, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Thus saith Jehovah: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest? Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.

In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to want.

And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a 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 die.

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.

And he said to him, "Pray, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manas'seh, and I am the least in my family."

And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.

as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;

Now for a long while Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Behold, days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.

lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered. And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

and behold joy and rejoicing, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.