Psalm 119:141
I am small and despised. Even so I do not forget your precepts.
Psalm 22:6
Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.
Psalm 40:17
I am oppressed and needy. May Jehovah think of me. You are my help and my salvation. O my God, do not delay!
Psalm 119:109
My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget your law.
Psalm 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Look for your servant for I have not forgotten your commandments.
Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my law. Let your heart obey my commandments.
Proverbs 15:16
It is better to have a little with respect for Jehovah than great treasure and trouble.
Proverbs 16:8
Better to be poor with righteousness than rich with injustice.
Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much.
Luke 6:20
He looked at his disciples and said: Blessed are you who are poor for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 9:58
Jesus told him: Foxes have holes and birds of heaven have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
James 2:5
Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?