60 occurrences in 12 translations

'Destitute' in the Bible

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Verse ConceptsJourneyKindnessGod Has GuidedBless The Lord!God Showed His Lovingkindness

There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.”’

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfFive YearsPeople ProvidingAvoiding Poverty

If your brother becomes destitute and sells part of his property, his nearest relative may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of Possessionsethics, socialPoverty, Remedies ForRedemption, In Everyday Life

“If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.

Verse ConceptsLiberalityethics, socialGenerosity, HumanGenerosity, Used TowardsLove To Others Shown InStrangersPoor PeopleLoving Foreigners

“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtPoor People

“If a foreigner or temporary resident living among you prospers, but your brother living near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner living among you, or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,

Verse ConceptsPoor People

But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

Verse ConceptsConcentrationUnguardedGod's ProtectionFocusProtection From Dangersoul

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfDestitutesWisdom, Human Importance

A destitute leader who oppresses the pooris like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Verse ConceptsRich, ThePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The Poor

They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

“For he will be like a shrub in the [parched] desert;And shall not see prosperity when it comes,But shall live in the rocky places of the wilderness,In an uninhabited salt land.

Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDry PlacesLiving In The WildernessEmpty By NatureSourness

“Run! Save your lives,That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesTamarisklonliness

ה HeThose who used to eat delicaciesare destitute in the streets;those who were reared in purple garmentshuddle in garbage heaps.

Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesColors, ScarletThe HomelessSavourinessPurple ClothesTragedy On The StreetsAshes Of Humiliation

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Countries

They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceLawsuitsProfanityHarlotsTrampling PeopleDust On The HeadProfaning God's NameHumble PeopleNot Helping The PoorMisusing God's Name

Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfPoor, Oppression OfRobberyTrampling PeoplePeople EndedNot Helping The Poor

Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!

Verse ConceptsEmpty Places

Surely this perfume could've been sold for a high price and the money given to the destitute."

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfExpensiveGiving To The Poor

He called his disciples and told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than everyone who is contributing to the offering box,

Verse ConceptsOutdoingChrist With His Disciples

This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfWagesFrugalityGiving To The Poor

Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said, "How blessed are you who are destitute, because the kingdom of God is yours!

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoRiches, Believers AttitudesChrist SeeingBlessings Of The PoorChrist Speaking To DisciplesPeople Of The Kingdom

So he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have observed and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear again, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessCripplesHearingKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLamenessLast DaysPoverty, Remedies ForNatural DeafnessThe Healed WalkingThe Deaf HearingHearing ChristHealing Of The BlindTelling Of JesusThose Helping The Poor

Listen carefully: your house is left to you desolate [abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Verse ConceptsThe Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.

Verse ConceptsTwo Other ThingsActual Widows

He said, "I tell you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than all of them,

Verse ConceptsCommendationOutdoingChrist Telling The TruthMore Than

"Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute?"

Verse ConceptsDenariusMoney, Uses OfOintmentWagesGiving To The PoorWorthValueFeeding The Poor

Some thought that, since Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the destitute.

Verse ConceptsAccountancyJudas IscariotBuying and sellingMoney, Stewardship OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsThoughts Of The RighteousGiving To The Poor

There was not a needy person among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them, and bringing the proceeds of the sales

Verse ConceptsLackBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfSacrificial GivingPlenty For The PoorAvoiding PovertyGiving Money To The ChurchSharingsales

They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense,

Verse ConceptsBackbitingSuperiorityPride, CharacteristicsBoastersDisobedient To ParentsHating GodRespecting Parentshatersdisobediencearrogancegossiping

But God has chosen the things which the world regards as foolish, in order to put its wise men to shame; and God has chosen the things which the world regards as destitute of influence, in order to put its powerful things to shame;

Verse ConceptsMidgetsChosen InstrumentsWeakness, SpiritualSmall Things God UsesFoolishness Of GodFoolishness Of MenShaming PeopleChosen DisciplesWise Man Or FoolMighty in its influenceWeakness

There are, I suppose, a great many kinds of languages in the world [unknown to us], and none is lacking in meaning.

Verse ConceptsLanguages ConfusedMeaningAll Languages

many times on journeys, [exposed to] danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own countrymen, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger on the sea, danger among those posing as believers;

Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalAdventureStealingTravelNations DescribedCities Under AttackFalse PeopleAntagonism From Jew And GentileIn The Heart Of The SeaFake Friendsrisk

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Verse ConceptsFleecesDeath penaltyMartyrdom Of The SaintsStoningMartyrdom, Methods OfPeople Cut In PiecesAnimal SkinsFoul ClothesHalf Of BodiesPeople Actually Doing Evil

These are the ones who are [agitators] causing divisions—worldly-minded [secular, unspiritual, carnal, merely sensual—unsaved], devoid of the Spirit.

Verse ConceptsInstinctLiving For The MaterialWithout Godnatural LifeEmotionsGoing To Churchdivision

Bible Theasaurus

Barren (62 instances)
Destitute (60 instances)
Devoid (13 instances)
Impoverished (17 instances)
Indigent (2 instances)
Innocent (124 instances)
Poverty-Stricken (2 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חסר 
Chacer 
Usage: 18

עזב 
`azab 
Usage: 28

ערה 
`arah 
Usage: 15

ערער 
`ar`ar 
Usage: 1

ἀποστερέω 
Apostereo 
Usage: 5

λείπω 
Leipo 
lack , be wanting , want , be destitute
Usage: 5

ὑστερέω 
Hustereo 
lack , be behind , want , come short , be in want , fail , come behind , be destitute ,
Usage: 13

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