21 Bible Verses about Poor People

Most Relevant Verses

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the land shall never be without poor. Wherefore I command thee, saying, 'Open thine hand unto thy brother that is needy and poor in thy land.'

Deuteronomy 15:4

and that in any wise, that there be no beggar among you. For the LORD shall bless the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, an inheritance, to possess it:

John 12:8

The poor always shall ye have with you, but me shall ye not always have."

Proverbs 19:7

As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what hath the wise more than the fool? What helpeth it the poor, that he knoweth to walk before the living?

Proverbs 18:23

The poor maketh supplication and prayeth meekly; but the rich giveth a rough answer.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

Someone cometh out of prison, and is made a king; and another which is born in the kingdom, cometh unto poverty.

Jeremiah 5:4

Therefore thought I in myself, "Peradventure they are so simple and foolish, that they understand nothing of the LORD's way, and judgments of our God.

Leviticus 27:8

If he be too poor so to be set, then let him come before the priest: and let the priest value him, according as the hand of him that vowed is able to get.

Leviticus 25:35

"'If thy brother be waxed poor and fallen in decay with thee, receive him as a stranger or a sojourner, and let him live by thee.

Leviticus 25:39

"'If thy brother that dwelleth by thee wax poor and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not let him labour as a bondservant doeth:

Leviticus 25:47

"'When a stranger and a sojourner waxeth rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him waxeth poor and sell himself unto the stranger that dwelleth by thee or to any of the stranger's kin:

Ecclesiastes 9:16

Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless, a simple man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

James 2:2

If there come into your company a man with a golden ring, and in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

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