12 Bible Verses about Being Poor

Jehovah takes away and He gives riches. He brings low and lifts up high.

Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food necessary for me.

Kindness is desired in a man. A poor man is better than a liar.

The rich man's wealth is his strength. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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

If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

If you cannot afford a sheep, you must bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to Jehovah as a guilt offering for the sin you committed. One will be an offering for sin. The other will be a burnt offering.

If she cannot afford a lamb, she must use two mourning doves or two pigeons. One will be the burnt offering and the other the offering for sin. So the priest will pay compensation for sin and make peace with Jehovah for her and she will be clean.'

If you cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, bring eight cups of flour as an offering for the sin you committed. Never put olive oil on it or add incense to it. This is because it is an offering for sin.

If the one to be cleansed is poor and cannot afford that much, he must take one male lamb, present it to pay compensation for the wrong and make peace with Jehovah for himself, and use it for his guilt offering. He will take only eight cups of flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering, a quart of olive oil,

The rich man is not to pay more. The poor man is not to pay less, when they pay this amount for their lives.

These are the instructions for one who has an infectious skin disease but cannot afford what is needed for his cleansing.