21 Bible Verses about Poor People

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

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

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!"

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.

A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

For he came out of prison to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his kingdom.

I thought, "Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; according to what the man who made the vow can afford, the priest will establish his conversion value.

"'If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

"'If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

"'If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner's family,

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man's wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.