12 Bible Verses about Being Poor
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Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
The charm of a man 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.
if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
And if his hand be not able to bring what is so much as a sheep, then he shall bring for his trespass which he hath sinned two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, to Jehovah; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering.
And if her hand cannot find what is sufficient for a sheep, she shall bring two turtle-doves or two young pigeons; 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 hand cannot attain to two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering: he shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.
But if he be poor, and his hand be not able to get it, then he shall take one lamb for a trespass-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him; and one tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; and a log of oil,
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
This is the law for him in whom is the sore of leprosy, whose hand cannot get what is regularly prescribed in his cleansing.
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