13 Bible Verses about Poverty

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

who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I fill up the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, on behalf of His body, which is the church;

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who 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 to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe a man with rags.

for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe a man 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, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.

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.

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

He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

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

who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I fill up the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, on behalf of His body, which is the church;

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Then, lo, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he pursuing vanities shall have poverty enough.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

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

He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

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

And Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground and worshiped. And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

Jehovah takes away, and He gives riches; He brings low; yea, He lifts up high.

Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice. Who has given the earth as a deposit with Him? Or who has set the whole world in order? If He sets His heart on man, if He gathers to Himself his spirit and his breath, read more.
all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust. If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the sound of my words. Shall one who hates right govern? And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty? Who says to a king, O worthless one; and to nobles, O evil one? How much less to Him who does not lift up the face of rulers, nor regard the rich before the poor? For all of them are the work of His hands.

in that day he shall swear, saying, I will not be a healer; there is no bread nor a cloak in my house. You shall not make me 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 a lying word; give me neither poverty or riches; tear for me my portion of bread,

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

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.

Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

And lifting up His eyes to His disciples, He said, Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

So says Jehovah, Heaven is My throne, and earth My footstool. Where, then, is the house that you build for Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one I will look, to the afflicted and contrite spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word.

for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe a man with rags.

then your poverty comes stalking, and your want like a man armed with a shield.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down; so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.

I know your works and tribulation and poverty (but you are rich), and I know the blasphemy of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he pursuing vanities shall have poverty enough.

There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.

In all labor there is gain, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.

And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a jar. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, so that we may eat it and die.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead. And you know that your servant feared Jehovah. And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves.

And he said to him, O, my Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

And a certain poor widow came, and she threw in two lepta, which is a kodrantes.

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

who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I fill up the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, on behalf of His body, 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.

meddling, of men whose minds have been corrupted and deprived of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness. Withdraw from such.

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

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

and 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 Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.

lest I be full and deceive, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and violate the name of my God.

And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterwards 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 who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Then, lo, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!