21 Bible Verses about Poor People

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

For the poor will not cease to be {among you} [in] the land; therefore I [am] commanding you, {saying}, 'You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor [that are] in your land.'

Nevertheless, there shall not be among you a poor [person], because Yahweh will certainly bless you in the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [as] an inheritance, to take possession of it.

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

For the poor you always have with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.

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

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.

All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many.

So do the wise [really] have an advantage over fools? {Can the poor [really] gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others}?

The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly.

For he came out of the prison house to reign, {since he was born poor in his kingdom}.

Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.

But if he [is] poorer than your proper value, then he shall present himself {before} the priest, and the priest shall set a value [on] him; the priest shall value him {according to} what the person who made a vow {can afford}.

" 'And if your countryman becomes poor and {if he becomes dependent on you}, then you shall support him [like] an alien and [like] a temporary resident, and he shall live with you.

" 'And if your countryman [who is] with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, {you shall not treat him as a slave}.

" 'And if [the] alien or [the] temporary resident [who are] with you {prosper}, but your countryman [who is] with him becomes poor and he is sold to an alien, a temporary resident [who is] with you, or to a descendant of an alien's clan,

A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.

So I concluded that wisdom [is] better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.

For if someone enters into your assembly in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.