13 Bible Verses about Poverty

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

A stingy manhastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and 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 by his poverty might become rich.

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.

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

The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice. Who gave him charge over the earth, and who laid on him the whole world? If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath, read more.
all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust. "If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say. Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty, who says to a king, 'Worthless one,' and to nobles, 'Wicked man,' who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

in that day he will speak out, saying: "I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; you shall not make me leader of the people."

A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

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 by his poverty might become rich.

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

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "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; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and 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 by his poverty might become rich.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

"'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

And she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die."

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."

And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."

And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law,

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

"Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine on the land-- not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.

lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."