13 Bible Verses about Poverty

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, 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.

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for 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 shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the 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, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

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

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

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

and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped. He said, "Naked I came 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, he also lifts up.

Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will Shaddai pervert justice. Who put him in charge of the earth? or who has appointed him over the whole world? If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath, read more.
all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust. "If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words. Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?? Who says to a king, 'Vile.' or to nobles, 'Wicked.'? Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

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

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

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is 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 become rich.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? And what place shall be my rest? For all these things has my hand made, and so all these things came to be," says the LORD: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as 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 become rich.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

"I know your afflictions and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

She said, "As the LORD your God lives, I do not have anything baked, except a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a jug. Behold, I am gathering a couple of sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die."

And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky 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 to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared the LORD. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves."

He said to him, "O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."

A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

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

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the 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, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

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

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

and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."