13 Bible Verses about Poverty

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

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

and Jesus said to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

and Jesus said to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

and Jesus said to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread.

Poor is he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

And lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

Poor is he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah.

And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance, and he saith, 'Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment. Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world? If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth. read more.
Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth. And if there is understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words. Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn? Who hath said to a king -- 'Worthless,' Unto princes -- 'Wicked?' That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands are all of them.

He lifteth up, in that day, saying: 'I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.'

The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

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

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: 'Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

Thus said Jehovah: The heavens are My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where is this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where is this -- the place -- My rest? And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty -- yet thou art rich -- and the evil-speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of the Adversary.

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

And she saith, 'Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it -- and died.'

and Jesus saith to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, 'Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.'

And he saith unto him, 'O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief is weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.'

and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.

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

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;

because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

and many days are to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

Lo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah.

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

And lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.