13 Bible Verses about Poverty

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body -- for the sake of his body, the church -- what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

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

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds in 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, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

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

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body -- for the sake of his body, the church -- what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

But look, there is outright celebration! You say, "Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the creator of them both.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground. He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"

The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world? If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath, read more.
all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust. "If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say. Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One, who says to a king, 'Worthless man' and to nobles, 'Wicked men,' who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

At that time the brother will shout, 'I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don't make me a leader of the people!'"

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,

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

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

This is what the Lord says: "The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest? My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

She said, "As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I'm going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation."

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

Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."

Gideon said to him, "But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family."

And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body -- for the sake of his body, the church -- what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.

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

Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!

lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread."

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

But look, there is outright celebration! You say, "Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"