6 occurrences

'Poorest' in the Bible

Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

Verse ConceptsBlacksmithsSmall RemnantsTens Of ThousandsExile Of Judah To Babylon

But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Verse ConceptsFarmersRemnantSmall RemnantsPloughmenImmigrants

But some of the poorest people who had nothing, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRemnantSmall Remnants

Now all the commanders of the forces that were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been exiled to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsSmall Remnants

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the artisans.

Verse ConceptsExile Of Judah To BabylonTurning Against Men

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Verse ConceptsSmall RemnantsPloughmen

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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