34 Bible Verses about The poor

When you help the poor (needy) (lowly) (depressed) you lend to Jehovah. He will pay you back.

They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because Jehovah is their protection.

Then I said: Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

My brothers, keep the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. Do not favor one person over the other. A man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes comes into your synagogue. You pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes, and say: Sit here in a good place. Then you say to the poor man: Stand there, or Sit under my footstool.

The Spirit of Jehovah is upon me. He anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind. To set at liberty those who are bruised.

The blind receive their sight. The lame walk! The lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear. The dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate. Jehovah will plead their cause and take the life of those who rob them.

He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer loss.

Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial.

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died and was buried.

He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them.

You have seen trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.

He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.

I know that Jehovah will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.

But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because Jehovah is their protection.

Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will provide safety for those who long for it.

Your congregation lived there. You O God have prepared your goodness for the poor.

Then I said: Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?

The poor is hated by his neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

The brothers of the poor hate him. His friends leave him. He pursues them with words but they do not listen!

The king who faithfully judges the poor will have his throne established forever.

Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.

He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy. Then it was well. Is that not what it means to know me? Says Jehovah.

He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed for he gives of his bread to the poor.

In all things I gave you an example. You by laboring should help the weak. Remember the words of the Lord Jesus: It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Give the poor what they need, because then Jehovah will make you successful in everything you do.

([Psalm of David]) Blessed (happy) is the one who has concern for helpless people. Jehovah will rescue (save) him in times of trouble.

Be generous to these poor people. Freely lend them as much as they need. Never be hardhearted and stingy with them.

This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and Jehovah your God will bless you in everything you do.

There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That is why I am commanding you to be generous with them.

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he does not have.

Out of severe affliction they have an abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounds in the riches of their generosity.

A poor widow came along and dropped in two mites. He told his disciples: Truly I tell you this poor widow gave more then all the others who gave to the collection box. They all gave out of their surplus. She gave out of her poverty. She gave all that she owned, all her living.

There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That is why I am commanding you to be generous with them.

I will leave a faithful few, a humble and lowly people with you. They will seek refuge in the name of Jehovah.

The poor are always with you, but I am not always with you.

There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That is why I am commanding you to be generous with them.

I will leave a faithful few, a humble and lowly people with you. They will seek refuge in the name of Jehovah.

The poor are always with you, but I am not always with you.

He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor.

As it is written: He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor. His righteousness abides forever.

The righteous considers the cause of the poor. The wicked do not get to know it.

The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.'

He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer loss.

Therefore I have poured out my indignation on them! I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath (intense anger). / Their way I have brought upon their heads,' declares the Lord Jehovah.

This is what Jehovah says: Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and do not oppress them. Do not kill innocent people in this place.

Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.

He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy. Then it was well. Is that not what it means to know me? Says Jehovah.

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he does not have.

Let each man do according as he has purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

Let each man do according as he has purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

Give the poor what they need, because then Jehovah will make you successful in everything you do.

It pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor holy ones in Jerusalem.

We make known to you brothers the grace of God that has been given to the congregations of Macedonia. Out of severe affliction they have an abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounds in the riches of their generosity. For according to their ability, I bear witness, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord. read more.
They were very urgent in their concern for this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the holy ones. This is not as we hoped. First they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.

Do not oppress the widow. Do not oppress the fatherless. Do not oppress the stranger and do not oppress the poor. And you should not devise evil in your heart against your brother.

Do not treat them harshly. Respect your God.

If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not work him like a slave.

Let your land rest the seventh year. Do not harvest anything that grows on it. The poor may eat what grows there. The wild animals may have what is left. Do the same with your vineyards and your olive trees.

When you reap the harvest of your land, you should not reap to the very corners of your field. You should not gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not glean your vineyard. Do not gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. Leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.

You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor and left them destitute. He has violently seized houses he did not build.

Therefore snares are around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you!

A poor widow came along and dropped in two mites.

This service not only takes care of the needs of the holy ones, but also abounds with many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.

Jesus then replied: If you wish to be complete, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor. You will have wealth in heaven. Then follow me!

When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. You will be blessed because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.

He who gives to the poor will not lack. But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

He lends money for interest and makes excessive profits. Will this person live? He will not live. He has done all these disgusting things. So he must die, and he will be responsible for his own death.

Jehovah stands erect to assert his power. He stands to judge the people. Jehovah enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: It is you who have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses. What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the face of the poor? Declares Jehovah of Hosts.

Contribute to the needs of the holy ones and practice hospitality.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

A man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes comes into your synagogue. You pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes, and say: Sit here in a good place. Then you say to the poor man: Stand there, or Sit under my footstool. Do not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts.

He who despises his neighbor sins. He who has mercy on the poor is happy.

They force the needy to yield the road. The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their toil. They search in the wasteland food for their young. They reap in a field not their own and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked. read more.
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. They are wet with the rain of the mountains. They cling to the rock in search of shelter. There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor. The needy go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves.

He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.

He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them.

He lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks.

The poor and needy search for water, but there is none! Their tongues are parched with thirst. But I Jehovah will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

For Jehovah hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

Do not deliver your turtledove (endeared) to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.

Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will provide safety for those who long for it.

He stands at the right hand of the needy people to save them from those who would condemn them to death.

Your congregation lived there. You O God have prepared your goodness for the poor.

He executes justice for the oppressed. He gives food to the hungry. Jehovah sets the prisoners free.

The rich and the poor meet together (are alike) (have a common bond) for Jehovah created them both.

The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.

All my bones will say: O Jehovah, who can compare with you? You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for him and weak and needy people from the one who robs them.

But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.

He said: I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!

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

A disciple named Tabitha was at Joppa. Her name, when translated means Dorcas. This woman did many good works and gave gifts of mercy.

Peter went to them right a way. When he arrived they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

Therefore snares are around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you!

You have given no water to the weary to drink. You have withheld bread from the hungry.

But as you have plenty of everything, in faith, and speech, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love for us, see that you have plenty of this undeserved kindness also. I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

I was hungry and you did not feed me. I was thirsty and you did not give me drink. I was a stranger and you did not take me in. I was naked and you did not dress me. I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' They will also ask: 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or naked, sick or in prison and not minister to you?' read more.
The King will answer: 'To the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of my brothers, you did not do it to me.'

This is what you must do whenever there are poor Israelites in one of your cities in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.

This is what you must do whenever there are poor Israelites in one of your cities in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.

Jehovah sent Nathan to David. Nathan came to him and said: There were two men in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle. But the poor man had only one little female lamb that he bought. He raised her, and she grew up in his home with his children. She would eat his food and drink from his cup. She rested in his arms and was like a daughter to him. read more.
Now, a visitor came to the rich man. The rich man thought it would be a pity to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler. So he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the traveler. David became very angry with the rich man. He said: I swear by the living God Jehovah that the man who did this should die! For doing such a cruel thing he should pay back four times for the lamb he took, for he had no compassion.

Do not collect interest or make any profit from him. Respect your God by respecting other Israelites' lives.

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread. He who follows after vain persons will have poverty.

Do not love sleep or you will come to poverty. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

He who despises his neighbor sins. He who has mercy on the poor is happy.

He left in the land of Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and he gave them vineyards and fields.

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding, sees right through him.

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.

Do not forget (neglect) to do good and to communicate (fellowship) (share), for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

The disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers in Judea. They sent it to the elders through Barnabas and Saul.

If a brother or sister is without clothes and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them: Go in peace, be warmed and filled; and yet you do not give them food and clothing, what good is it? Even so, faith without works is dead. It is alone and by itself!

Then she said: By the life of Jehovah your God, I have nothing but a little meal, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

The righteous considers the cause of the poor. The wicked do not get to know it.

You pierced the head of his warriors. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me. They secretly devour the oppressed.

As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath and I will lay you there and melt (liquefy) you.

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

When you mock the poor you disgrace your Maker. He who is glad at calamity will be punished.

Then a Samaritan arrived where he was. He was moved with compassion when he saw him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds pouring oil and wine on them. He set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn to take care of him. The next day he paid the host two shillings. He said take care of him and if you spend more I will repay you when I return.

The poor and needy search for water, but there is none! Their tongues are parched with thirst. But I Jehovah will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the holy ones.

This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. The blessing of the wretched came upon me. I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness and it clothed me. My justice was like a robe and a turban. read more.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy! I championed the cause of the stranger.

The meek, the poor, and the needy will celebrate and shout because of Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel.

He has respected the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer.

I know that Jehovah will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.

Jesus replied: Foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.

Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor. Rescue the weak and needy. Help them escape the power of the wicked.

You have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm,

Whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?

Elisha said: Tell me what shall I do for you? What do you have at home? She answered: Except for a small jar of olive oil, I have nothing.

Gideon replied: But Jehovah, how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the tribe of Manasseh. I am the least important member of my family.

What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the face of the poor? Declares Jehovah of Hosts.

You have seen trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

Be careful! Do not display your righteousness (good works) before men to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward with your heavenly Father.

Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial.

When he cries he will deliver the needy and the poor who have no helper.

They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because Jehovah is their protection.

The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.

You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit. We may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because Jehovah is their protection.

Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of meek people be lost forever.

Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?

At mealtime Boaz said to her: Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers. He served her roasted grain. She ate and was satisfied and had some left over.

He did not say this because he cared for the poor. He was a thief. He had the moneybox and took away what was put in it.

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

He answered: He who has two coats let him give to him who has none. He who has food let him do likewise.

Let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position (exaltation).

Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?

The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.

The Spirit of Jehovah is upon me. He anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind. To set at liberty those who are bruised.

Then Peter said: We have no money but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi: Now let me go into the fields and pick up the heads of grain after anyone in whose eyes I find favor. She said to her: Go, my daughter.

He saves people from the sword (slander) of their mouth. He saves the needy from the power of the mighty.

Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.

Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.

The poor have hope when wrongdoing shuts its mouth.

They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because Jehovah is their protection.

When he cries he will deliver the needy and the poor who have no helper. He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the needy. He will redeem (rescue) them from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

The king who faithfully judges the poor will have his throne established forever.

Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.

He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy. Then it was well. Is that not what it means to know me? Says Jehovah.

If you cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, bring eight cups of flour as an offering for the sin you committed. Never put olive oil on it or add incense to it. This is because it is an offering for sin. Bring it to the priest. The priest will take a handful of it. He will burn it as a reminder on top of the offering by fire to Jehovah on the altar. It is an offering for sin. The priest will pay compensation and make peace with Jehovah for your sin (what you did wrong). You will be forgiven. The offering will belong to the priest like the grain offering.