12 Bible Verses about Being Poor

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

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

That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

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

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass-offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto Jehovah; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering.

And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

But if his means suffice not for two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his oblation for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering: he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.

And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.