19 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

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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