8 occurrences

'Poorest' in the Bible

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

Verse ConceptsExcusesClansdoubtersInferiorityMinistry, Qualifications ForModestyWeakness, PhysicalLeadershipHumility, Examples OfThe Youngest ChildWithout StrengthDepressiongideon

And he took away all the people of Jerusalem and all the chiefs and all the men of war, ten thousand prisoners; and all the expert workmen and the metal-workers; only the poorest sort of the people of the land were not taken away.

Verse ConceptsBlacksmithsSmall RemnantsTens Of ThousandsExile Of Judah To Babylon

But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

Verse ConceptsFarmersRemnantSmall RemnantsPloughmenImmigrants

And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In OtRootsSafetyFamine Coming From GodThose Helping The PoorFeeding The Poor

But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the people, who had nothing whatever, go on living in the land of Judah, and gave them vine-gardens and fields at the same time.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRemnantSmall Remnants

Now when it came to the ears of all the captains of the forces who were in the field, and their men, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler in the land, and had put under his care the men and women and children, all the poorest of the land, those who had not been taken away to Babylon;

Verse ConceptsGovernorsSmall Remnants

But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

Verse ConceptsSmall RemnantsPloughmen

Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.

Verse ConceptsCopperdrossIronTinWicked Described AsFurnacesThings Like SilverUseless People

Bible Theasaurus

Inadequate (2 instances)
Miserable (24 instances)
Pathetic (1 instance)
Pitiable (4 instances)
Pitiful (6 instances)
Poorest (11 instances)
Wretched (22 instances)

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