13 Bible Verses about Poverty

as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" '

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay [his] head."

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them

For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay [his] head."

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay [his] head."

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.

as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

But look! Joy and gladness, the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] poverty.

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.

He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.

Rich and poor have [much] in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.

Then Job arose and tore his outer garment and shaved his head; {then} he fell upon the ground and he worshiped. Then he said, "Naked I came out from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh's name be blessed."

Yahweh makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and also exalts.

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice. Who gave him charge [over the] earth? Or who laid on [him] [the] whole world? If he should set his heart to it, and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself, read more.
all flesh would perish together, and humankind would return to dust. "But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}. Shall [he who] hates justice really govern? Or will you declare [the] Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?-- the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,' who {shows no partiality to officials} and [who] {does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant}, for all of them [are] the work of his hands?

He will lift up [his voice] on that day, saying, "I will not be a healer; in my house there is no bread and there is no cloak. You shall not make me [the] leader of [the] people!"

The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need.

as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples [and] said, "Blessed [are] the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.

Thus says Yahweh: "Heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] the footstool for my feet. Where [is] this house that you would build for me? And where [is] this resting place for me? And my hand has made all these [things], and all these {came to be}," {declares} Yahweh, "but I look to this [one]: to [the] humble and [the] contrite of spirit and [the one] frightened at my word.

For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them

and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest-- like a {robber} shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.

'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews} and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] poverty.

There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.

In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.

She said, "{As Yahweh your God lives}, surely I do not have a cake, {but only a handful of flour} in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I [am] gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die."

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

A certain woman from the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead. Now you know that your servant was a fearer of Yahweh, but the creditor came to take two of my children for himself as slaves.

He said to him, "Excuse me, my lord. How will I deliver Israel? Look, my clan [is] the weakest in Manasseh, and I [am] the youngest in my father's house."

And one poor widow came [and] put in two small copper coins (that is, a penny).

as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" '

constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.

Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,

Now Israel [has been] without the true God many days, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.

Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!

Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.

and [after he] had fasted forty days and forty nights, then he was hungry. And the tempter approached [and] said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order that these stones become bread."

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

But look! Joy and gladness, the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"