34 Bible Verses about The poor

He pitying the poor lends to Jehovah, and he will recompense to him his act.

Ye will shame the counsel of the poor, for Jehovah is his refuge.

And I said, Wisdom is good above strength: and the wisdom of the poor one was despised, and his words not heard.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, of glory, with distinction of faces. For if there come into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings on is fingers, in brilliant clothing, and there come in also a beggar in filthy clothing; And ye look toward him bearing the brilliant clothing, and ye say to him, Sit thou well here; and to the beggar ye say, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me for which he anointed me to announce good news to the poor; he has sent me to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim a remission to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send away with remission the bruised,

The blind receive sight, and the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf bear, the dead are roused, and the poor have good news announced.

Thou shalt not strip the poor because he is poor: and thou shalt not crush the humble in the gate. For Jehovah will contend their contention, and rob the soul to those robbing them.

He oppressing the poor one to increase for himself, he gave to the rich; also to want

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy needy in his cause.

And it was, the beggar died, and was carried by messengers into Abraham's bosom: and the rich one died also, and was buried;

Raising up the weak from the dust, he will raise up the needy from the dung-hill to sit with the noble, and he will cause them to inherit a throne of glory, for to Jehovah the castings of the earth, and he will put the habitable globe upon them.

Thou sawest; for thou wilt look upon trouble and anger, to give with thine hand: the poor will be left to thee; thou wert the helper of the orphan.

If thou shalt see the oppression of the poor one, and the spoiling of judgment and justice in a province, thou shalt not wonder at the inclination: for the high one above the high one is watching, and the high ones over them.

He will not save alive the unjust one, and he will give the judgment of the poor.

Knowing that Jehovah will do judgment to the poor one, judgment to the needy.

And he judged the powerless with justice, and he decided in straightness for the humble of the earth: and he struck the earth with the rod of his mouth, and by the spirit of his lips he will slay the unjust.

Ye will shame the counsel of the poor, for Jehovah is his refuge.

From the oppression of the poor, from the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, Jehovah will say; I will set with salvation, he will puff at him.

Thy living ones dwelt in it: thou wilt prepare in thy goodness for the poor, O God.

And I said, Wisdom is good above strength: and the wisdom of the poor one was despised, and his words not heard.

And ye have despised the beggar. Do not the rich bring you into subjection, and draw you before tribunals?

Also the poor shall be hated by his neighbor: and many loving the rich one.

All the brethren of the poor hated him: how much more his friends removed far from him? pursuing words they are not

The king judging the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony.

Judge ye the poor one, and the orphan: do justice to the humble one and the poor one

He stopping his ear from the cry of the poor one also himself shall call and shall not be answered.

He judged the judgment of the poor and the needy; then it was well: was this not knowing me? says Jehovah.

The good eye it shall be blessed, for he gave from his bread to the poor.

I shewed you all things, that so being wearied ye must support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that himself said, It is happy to give rather than receive.

Giving, thou shalt give to him, and thy heart shall not be evil in thy giving to him; for because of this word Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the sending forth of thy hand.

To the overseer: chanting of David. Happy he attending to the weak one: in the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.

For opening, thou shalt open thy hand to him, and lending, thou shalt lend him a sufficiency for his want which he shall want

And the Levite came (because no portion and inheritance to him with thee) and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy gates, and ate and were satisfied; so that Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.

For the needy shall not cease from the midst of thy land: for this I command thee, saying, Opening, thou shalt open thy hand to thy brother, to thy afflicted and to thy needy in thy land.

For if a forwardness lie before, according as any has, it is acceptable, not as he has not.

That in much proof of pressure the abundance of their joy and their poverty according to depth abounded to the abundance of their simplicity.

And one poor widow, having come, cast in two small coins, which is a farthing. And having called his disciples, he says to them, Truly I say to you, That this poor widow has cast into the royal treasury, more than all they casting into the treasury: For all they cast in out of the abundance to them; and she, out of her want, cast in all things which she had, her whole living.

For the needy shall not cease from the midst of thy land: for this I command thee, saying, Opening, thou shalt open thy hand to thy brother, to thy afflicted and to thy needy in thy land.

And I left in the midst of thee a humble and weak people, and they trusted in the name of Jehovah.

For always the poor ye have with you, but me ye have not always.

For the needy shall not cease from the midst of thy land: for this I command thee, saying, Opening, thou shalt open thy hand to thy brother, to thy afflicted and to thy needy in thy land.

And I left in the midst of thee a humble and weak people, and they trusted in the name of Jehovah.

For always the poor ye have with you, but me ye have not always.

He scattered, he gave to the needy; his justice stands forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.

(As has been written, He scattered; he gave to the poor: his justice remains forever.

The just one knew the judgment of the poor: the unjust one will not understand knowledge.

The people of the land oppressed with violence and stripped off robbery, and oppressed the poor and needy, and did violence to the stranger without judgment

He oppressing the poor one to increase for himself, he gave to the rich; also to want

I will pour out my wrath upon them; I consumed them in the fire of mine anger: I gave their way upon their head, says the Lord Jehovah.

Thus said Jehovah, Do ye judgment and justice, and deliver him taken by force, from the hand of him oppressing: ye shall not be violent, ye shall not oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, and ye shall not pour but innocent blood in this place.

Judge ye the poor one, and the orphan: do justice to the humble one and the poor one

He judged the judgment of the poor and the needy; then it was well: was this not knowing me? says Jehovah.

For if a forwardness lie before, according as any has, it is acceptable, not as he has not.

Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

Giving, thou shalt give to him, and thy heart shall not be evil in thy giving to him; for because of this word Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the sending forth of thy hand.

For Macedonia and Achaia were contented a certain mutual participation be made for the poor of the holy ones in Jerusalem.

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God given in the churches of Macedonia; That in much proof of pressure the abundance of their joy and their poverty according to depth abounded to the abundance of their simplicity. For according to power, I testify, and above power chosen voluntarily; read more.
Praying us with much entreaty that we receive the grace and participation of the service for saints. And not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

Thou shalt not oppress the poor and needy hireling from thy brethren, or from thy stranger which is in thy land in thy gates.

And the widow and the orphan, the stranger and the poor, ye shall not oppress; and ye shall not purpose evil in your heart a man to his brother.

Thou shalt not rule over him with crushing, and thou shalt be afraid of thy God.

And when thy brother shall be poor with thee, and he was sold to thee, thou shalt not serve upon him the service of a servant.

And the seventh thou shalt remit, and let it be; and the poor of thy people shall eat; and the remains, the beast of the field shall eat. So shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thy olive tree.

And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou shalt not finish to reap the extremity of thy field, and thou shalt not gather the gleaning of thy harvest And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, and the scattering of thy vineyard thou shalt not glean; to the poor and to the stranger thou shalt leave them: I am Jehovah your God.

For thou wilt take a pledge of thy brethren, in vain, and the garments of the naked thou wilt strip of

For he oppressed, forsaking the poor; he stripped the house and he will not build it up.

For this, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear will terrify thee;

And one poor widow, having come, cast in two small coins, which is a farthing.

For the service of this office is not only filling up the wants of the saints, but also abounding through many thanks to God;

And when thy brother shall be poor, and his hand wavering with thee, hold fast to him; a stranger and sojourner to live with thee.

Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

But when thou makest an entertainment, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And happy shalt thou be; for they have not to give back to thee: for it shall be given back to thee at the rising up of the just.

He giving to the poor wants not: and he hiding his eyes increased curses.

Giving upon interest, and taking interest: and living, he shall not live: doing all these abominations, dying, he shall die; his bloods shall be upon him.

Jehovah stood up to contend and he stood to judge the peoples. Jehovah will go into judgment with the old men of his people and his chiefs: and ye burnt up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. Why will ye crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord Jehovah of armies.

Participating in the necessities of the holy ones; pursuing hospitality.

Wherefore then as we have time, let us work good to all, and chiefly to them of the household of faith.

For if there come into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings on is fingers, in brilliant clothing, and there come in also a beggar in filthy clothing; And ye look toward him bearing the brilliant clothing, and ye say to him, Sit thou well here; and to the beggar ye say, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Were ye not separated among yourselves, and become judges of evil reflections?

He despising to his neighbor, sins: and he compassionating the poor, he is happy.

They will turn the needy from the Way: the poor of the earth hid themselves together. Behold, wild asses in the desert will go forth in their work, seeking for prey: the sterile region bread for him, and for the young. In the field they will harvest his meslin, and they will glean the vintage of the unjust one. read more.
They will cause the naked to lodge without clothing, and no covering in the cold. They will be wet from the pouring rains of the mountains, and they embraced the rock from no shelter. They will strip the orphan from the breast, and take a pledge for the poor. They caused the naked to go without clothing, and from the hungry they took away the sheaf;

Oppressing the poor and needy, stripping off plunder, he will not turn back the pledge, and he lifted up his eyes to the blocks, doing abomination,

Raising up the weak from the dust, he will raise up the needy from the dung-hill to sit with the noble, and he will cause them to inherit a throne of glory, for to Jehovah the castings of the earth, and he will put the habitable globe upon them.

He will set up the needy on high from affliction, and he will set families as a flock.

The poor and the needy seeking water, and none; their tongue failing in thirst, I Jehovah will answer them; the God of Israel, I will not forsake them.

For Jehovah heard to the needy, and he despised not his hound.

Thou wilt not give the soul of thy turtle-dove to the beast: the life of thy poor thou wilt not forget forever.

The poor one shall not turn back ashamed: the humble and the needy shall praise thy name.

From the oppression of the poor, from the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, Jehovah will say; I will set with salvation, he will puff at him.

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy to save his soul from the judges.

Thy living ones dwelt in it: thou wilt prepare in thy goodness for the poor, O God.

He did judgment for the oppressed; he gave bread to the hungering: Jehovah loosed those being bound.

The rich and poor one met together: Jehovah made them all.

Who accepted not the face of chiefs, and looked not upon the rich one before the poor: for his hand made all of them.

All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who as thee, delivering the poor from him strong above him, and the poor and the needy from him stripping him?

He will deliver the poor one in his affliction, and he will uncover their ear in oppression.

And he will say, Naked I came forth from my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn back there: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah took; the name of Jehovah shall be blessed.

Jehovah dispossessing, and enriching: making low, but lifting up.

And in Joppa was a certain disciple by name Tabitha, which interpreted is called Dorcas: she was full of good works and alms which she did.

And Peter having risen came with them. Whom having approached, they brought into the upper room: and all the widows stood before him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, being with them.

For this, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear will terrify thee;

Thou wilt not give to the weary one water to drink, and from the hungry one thou wilt withhold bread.

But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and in word, and in knowledge, and in all care, and in love from you to us, that also ye abound in this grace. I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love.

For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger and ye brought me not in; naked, and ye put not around me; sick, and in prison, and ye took not a view of me. Then shall they answer him, they also saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and attended not to thee? read more.
Then shall he answer them saying, Inasmuch as ye did not to one of the least of these, ye did not to me.

When the needy shall be among thee, from one of thy brethren, in one of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, and thou shalt not shut thy hand from thy needy brother.

When the needy shall be among thee, from one of thy brethren, in one of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, and thou shalt not shut thy hand from thy needy brother.

And Jehovah will send Nathan to David. And he will come in to him and say to him, Two men were in one city.; one rich and one poor. To the rich was sheep and oxen exceeding many: And to the poor, not anything except one little ewe lamb which he found, and he will save it alive: and it will grow with him and with his sons together; it will eat from his morsel and will drink from his cup, and will lie in his bosom, and be to him as a daughter. read more.
And a traveler will come to the rich man, and he will spare to take from his sheep and from his oxen to do for the wayfarer coming to him; and he will take the poor man's ewe lamb and do for the man coming to him. And David's anger will kindle against the man greatly, and he will say to Nathan, Jehovah lives, for the man doing this is the son of death. And the ewe lamb he shall requite four-fold, because he did this word, and because he spared not

Thou shalt not take from him interest and increase; thou shalt be afraid of thy God; and thy brother to live with thee.

He working his land shall be filled with bread: and he pursuing the vain shall be filled with poverty.

Thou shalt not love sleep lest thou shalt be dispossessed: open wide thine eyes, being filled with bread.

For the drunkard and the squanderer shall be dispossessed: and slumber shall clothe with rags.

He despising to his neighbor, sins: and he compassionating the poor, he is happy.

And from the weak people which to them was nothing, Nebuzaradan chief of the cooks left in the land of Judah, and he will give to them vineyards and fields in that day.

The rich man is wise in his eyes, and the poor one understanding shall search him out.

He oppressing the poor reproached him making him: and he honoring him compassionated the needy.

Thou shalt not strip the poor because he is poor: and thou shalt not crush the humble in the gate.

And the doing good and mutual participation forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

And certain of the disciples, as he was able, determined, each of them, to send for service to the brethren dwelling in Judea: Which also they did, having sent to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

And if a brother or sister be naked, and be failing of daily food, And any of you say to them, Retire in peace, be ye warmed and be ye fed; and ye give them not things fitting the body; what profit? So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.

And she will say, Jehovah thy God lives, if there is to me a cake, but a handful of flour in a bucket, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold me gathering two woods, and I went to do it for me and for my son, and we shall eat and die.

They were stoned, they were cut by sawing, they were tried, they died by the slaughter of the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being in want, pressed, treated ill;

The just one knew the judgment of the poor: the unjust one will not understand knowledge.

Thou didst pierce with rods the head of the leader: they will rush on as a tempest to scatter me their exultation as to devour the poor in secret

The gathering silver and brass and iron and lead and alloy to the midst of the furnace to blow the fire upon it, to melt; so will I gather in mine anger and in my wrath, and I put down and melted you.

Good the poor one going in his integrity above the perverse of lips, and he foolish.

He mocking to the poor one reproached him making him: and he rejoicing at misfortune shall not be unpunished.

And a certain Samaritan, travelling, came to him : and having seen him, felt compassion. And having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and having mounted him upon his own animal, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And upon the morrow, he having come forth, taking out two drachmas, he gave to the inn-keeper, and said to him, Take care, of him; and whatever thou spendest besides, I, in my coming back, will repay thee.

The poor and the needy seeking water, and none; their tongue failing in thirst, I Jehovah will answer them; the God of Israel, I will not forsake them.

And now I go to Jerusalem serving the holy ones.

For I shall deliver the poor crying, and the orphan, and none helping to him. The praise of him perishing will come upon me, and I shall cause the heart of the widow to rejoice. I put on justice and it will clothe me: my judgment as an upper garment and a turban. read more.
Eyes was I to the blind one, and feet to the lame was I. I was a father to the needy, and the contention I knew not I shall search it out

And the humble shall add joy in Jehovah, and the poor of men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

He looked upon the prayer of the helpless, and he despised not their prayer.

Knowing that Jehovah will do judgment to the poor one, judgment to the needy.

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have dens, and the fowls of heaven occupy nests; but the Son of man has not where he might recline the head.

Judge ye the poor one, and the orphan: do justice to the humble one and the poor one Deliver the poor and needy one: take away out of the hand of the unjust

For thou wert a fortress to the poor, a fortress to the needy in straits; to him a refuge from the inundation, a shadow from the heat when the wind of the terrible ones as the inundation of the wall.

And whoever has the life of the world, and sees his brother having need, and should shut up his bowels from him, how remains the love of God in him?

And Elisha will say to her, What shall I do for thee? announce to me what is to thee in the house. And she will say, Not anything to thy servant in the house but a flask of oil.

And he will say to him, With leave, my Lord, by what shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand destitute in Manasseh, and I the least in my father's house.

Why will ye crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord Jehovah of armies.

Thou sawest; for thou wilt look upon trouble and anger, to give with thine hand: the poor will be left to thee; thou wert the helper of the orphan.

Attend ye not to do your justice before men, to be seen to them; and if otherwise ye have no reward from your Father which in the heavens.

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy needy in his cause.

For we will deliver the needy from the powerful one, and the poor and no helper to him.

Ye will shame the counsel of the poor, for Jehovah is his refuge.

In the pride of the unjust he will burn the poor: they shall be taken in the devices that they purposed.

Saying, When will the month pass through, and we will sell grain? and the Sabbath, and we will open wheat to diminish the ephah, and to enlarge the shekel, and to make crooked the balance of deceit? To buy the poor with silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will sell the refuse of the grain.

Ye will shame the counsel of the poor, for Jehovah is his refuge.

For the needy shall not be forgotten forever: the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Hear, my dearly beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the beggars of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them loving him?

And Boaz will say to her, At the time of eating draw near hither and eat from the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she will sit by side of the reapers: and he will lay hold of the parched grain for her, and she will eat and be satisfied, and will leave.

And this he said, not that care was to him for the poor: but because he was a thief, and had the small coffer, and carried things deposited.

For this, because of your treading upon the poor one, and ye will take away the liftings up of wheat from him: ye built houses of hewn stone, and ye shall not dwell in them; ye planted vineyards of desire and ye shall not drink their wine.

And he having answered, says to them, He having two coats, let him impart to him having none; and he having food, let him do likewise.

And let the humble brother boast in his elevation:

Hear, my dearly beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the beggars of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them loving him?

Who accepted not the face of chiefs, and looked not upon the rich one before the poor: for his hand made all of them.

Behold, the hire of laborers having reaped your farms, withheld by you, cries out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me for which he anointed me to announce good news to the poor; he has sent me to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim a remission to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send away with remission the bruised,

And Peter said, Silver and gold are not to me; but what I have, this I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarite, arise and walk.

And Ruth the Moabitess will say to Naomi, I will now go to the field and I will gather among the ears after; whom I shall find favor in his eyes. And she will say to her, Go, my daughter.

And he saved the needy from the sword, from their mouth and from the band of the strong one.

Hear this word, ye heifers of Bashan, which are upon the mountain of Shomeron, oppressing the poor, breaking in pieces the needy, saying to their lords, Bring, and we will drink.

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn it back, for their selling the just one for silver and the needy for shoes;

And hope will be to the poor one, and iniquity contracted her mouth.

Ye will shame the counsel of the poor, for Jehovah is his refuge.

For we will deliver the needy from the powerful one, and the poor and no helper to him. He will spare for the poor and the needy, and he will save the souls of the needy. From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul, and their blood shall be precious in his eyes.

The king judging the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony.

Judge ye the poor one, and the orphan: do justice to the humble one and the poor one

He stopping his ear from the cry of the poor one also himself shall call and shall not be answered.

He judged the judgment of the poor and the needy; then it was well: was this not knowing me? says Jehovah.

And if his hand shall not reach to the two turtle-doves, or to the two sons of a dove; and he brought his offering who sinned, the tenth of the ephah of fine flour for the sin; he shall not put oil upon it, and he shall not give frankincense upon it; for it is sin. And he brought it to the priest, and the priest pressed from it his hand full, its memorial, and burnt upon the altar for sacrifices to Jehovah: it is sin. And the priest shall expiate for him for his sin which he sinned, from one from these; and it was forgiven to him: and it was to the priest for a gift.