13 Bible Verses about Poverty

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

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

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

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

He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

And Jesus said unto 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 sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich.

And Jesus said unto 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 shall be satisfied with bread.

He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

But instead, joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating meat, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.

He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after worthless pursuits shall have poverty enough.

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to poverty.

He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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

Then Job arose, and tore his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up.

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice. Who has given him charge over the earth? or who has laid on him the whole world? If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; read more.
All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again unto dust. If now you have understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just? Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly? How much less to him that regards not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

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

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food needful for me:

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

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be 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 be you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Thus says the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

So shall your poverty come like 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 sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man.

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

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after worthless pursuits shall have poverty enough.

There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.

In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I have not bread, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

And Jesus said unto 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 there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor has come to take unto him my two sons to be slaves.

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

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

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

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

Perverse wranglings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself.

Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in 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 take the name of my God in vain.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

But instead, joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating meat, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.