28 Bible Verses about Poverty, Spiritual

There he could not do many miracles owing to their lack of faith.

He was astonished at their lack of faith. Then he made a tour round the villages, teaching.

and constant friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the Truth. They imagine religion is a paying concern.

What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

But God said to him, 'Foolish man, this very night your soul is wanted; and who will get all you have prepared?' So fares the man who lays up treasure for himself instead of gaining the riches of God."

Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died too, and was buried. And as he was being tortured in Hades he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his bosom;

Come now, you rich men, weep and shriek over your impending miseries! your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten; your gold and silver lie rusted over, and their rust will be evidence against you, it will devour your flesh like fire. [Moved to the end of 5:1] You have been storing up treasure in the very last days;read more.
See, the wages of which you have defrauded the workmen who mowed your fields call out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter; you have condemned, you have murdered the righteous ??unresisting.

You declare, 'I am rich, I am well off, I lack nothing!' ??not knowing you are a miserable creature, pitiful, poor, blind, naked.

In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive. For the heart of this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy of hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them.

Now, remember the height from which you have fallen; repent and act as you did at first. If not, I will come to you [very soon] and remove your lamp stand, unless you repent.

For in me (that is, in my flesh) no good dwells, I know; the wish is there, but not the power of doing what is right.

But when Simon Peter saw it he fell at the knees of Jesus, crying, "Lord, leave me; I am a sinful man."

So Jesus went with them. But he was not far from the house when the captain sent some friends to tell him, "Do not trouble yourself, sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof,

Miserable wretch that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spirit! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours. Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will be satisfied.

Yet he gives grace more and more: thus it is said, The haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.

You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace. Humble yourselves under the strong hand of God, then, so that when it is time, he may raise you;

he has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.

Let a brother of low position exult when he is raised;

for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions.

(men of whom the world was not worthy), wanderers in the desert and among the hills, in caves and gullies. They all won their record for faith, but the Promise they did not obtain. God had something better in store for us; he would not have them perfected apart from us.

born to an unscathed, inviolate, unfading inheritance; it is kept in heaven for you,

grieved but always glad, a 'pauper', but the means of wealth to many, without a penny but possessed of all.

Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

I know your distress and your poverty (but you are rich!): I know how you are being slandered by those who style themselves Jews (no Jews are they, but a mere synagogue of Satan!).