13 Bible Verses about Poverty

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

He who tills his land will have plenty of food,
But he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself
Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The rich and the poor have a common bond,
The Lord is the maker of them all.

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."

“The Lord makes poor and rich;
He brings low, He also exalts.

"Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice. "Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world? "If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, read more.
All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust. "But if you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words. "Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One, Who says to a king, 'Worthless one,' To nobles, 'Wicked ones'; Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands?

He will protest on that day, saying,
“I will not be your healer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”

The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

Keep deception and lies far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? "For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD "But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"-- Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.

‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

He who tills his land will have plenty of food,
But he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty.

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.

In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”

He said to Him, “O Lord, how shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”

A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent.

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law.

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”