6 occurrences

'Poor' in the Bible

A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceCharacters Of Old PeopleBenefits Of WisdomThe Work Of FoolsBlessings Of The PoorKings And Wisdomteenager

Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleKings And Pridejail

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

Verse ConceptsOppressorsAuthorityNot Helping The PoorInjusticeoppressionsurprises

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesPoor PeopleWise Man Or Fool

Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

Verse ConceptsForgetting PeopleIndividuals Saving OthersThe Work Of The WiseSaving Moneyhealthcarerecognition

Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

Verse ConceptsLimitations Of StrengthBenefits Of WisdomPoor PeopleFamily StrengthSaving Moneystrengh

Bible Theasaurus

Beggarly (2 instances)
Bereaved (27 instances)
Bereft (6 instances)
Cheap (6 instances)
Contemptible (26 instances)
Destitute (60 instances)
Inadequate (2 instances)
Indigent (2 instances)
Meager (3 instances)
Miserable (24 instances)
Pathetic (1 instance)
Pitiable (4 instances)
Pitiful (6 instances)
Wretched (22 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain