13 Bible Verses about Poverty

as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

The miser is in a hurry to get wealthy, but he isn't aware that poverty will catch up with him.

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Although he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food.

Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth.

as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow."

Whoever works his farmland will have abundant food, but whoever chases fantasies will become very poor.

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food.

Whoever oppresses the poor to enrich himself and whoever gives gifts to the wealthy will yield only loss.

Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth.

The rich and the poor have this in common the LORD created both of them.

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, bowed very low, and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."

The LORD makes people poor and he makes people rich, he brings them low, and he also exalts them.

Truly, God doesn't practice wickedness, and the Almighty doesn't pervert justice. Who entrusted the earth to him? Who made him responsible for the entire inhabited world? If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life, read more.
every living thing would die all at once, and mankind would return to dust." If you have understanding, listen to this! Pay attention to what I have to say: Can one who hates justice really govern? And if God is righteous and mighty, can you condemn him? Can one say to a king, "You're vile!' or to nobles, "You're wicked!'? Who isn't partial to princes? Who doesn't give preference to the nobles over the poor? Nevertheless, all of them are his handiwork.

"But at that time, he'll protest! He'll say, "I won't be your healer. I have neither food nor clothing in my house! You're not going to make me a leader of the people!'

The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.

Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today,

as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Although he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

"How blessed are those who are destitute in spirit, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!

Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said, "How blessed are you who are destitute, because the kingdom of God is yours!

This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house that you would build for me, and where will my resting place be? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But this is the one to whom I will look favorably: to the one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my message.

because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Although he was rich, for your sakes 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, and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.

"I know your suffering and your poverty though you are rich and the slander committed by those who claim to be Jews but are not. They are the synagogue of Satan.

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

Whoever works his farmland will have abundant food, but whoever chases fantasies will become very poor.

Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.

In hard work there is always profit, but too much chattering leads to poverty.

"As the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have so much as a muffin, just a handful of flour in a bowl and some oil left in a bottle. Now I'm going to find some sticks so I can cook a last meal for my son and for me. Then we're going to eat it and die."

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

Now there happened to be a certain woman who had been the wife of a member of the Guild of Prophets. She cried out to Elisha, "My husband who served you has died, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. But a creditor has come to take away my children into indentured servitude!"

"Right"," Gideon responded. "Sir, how will I deliver Israel? Look my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I'm the youngest in my father's household."

Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent.

as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

"Listen to me, Asa, Judah, and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will allow you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. Israel lived for years without the true God, priests to teach them, and the Law,

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

"Look! The days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine throughout the land not a famine of food or a thirst for water but rather a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

so that I don't become overfed and deny you by saying, "Who is the LORD?" or so that I don't become poor and steal, and then misuse the name of my God.

After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he finally became hungry. Then the tempter came. "Since you are the Son of God," he said, "tell these stones to become loaves of bread."

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow."