Bible verses about being poor.

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All 98 verses about being poor.

• Philippians 4:19But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
• Matthew 6:31-33Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do…
• Hebrews 13:5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake…
• Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
• Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
• Proverbs 31:8-9Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the…
• Deuteronomy 15:11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and…
• 1 Timothy 6:6-8But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and…
• Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
• Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from…
• Psalms 37:25I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
• Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
• James 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that…
• Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• 1 Samuel 2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
• Job 34:18-19Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor…
• Job 36:15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
• Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
• Psalms 14:6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
• Psalms 68:10Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
• Psalms 69:33For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
• Psalms 72:12-14For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the…
• Psalms 107:41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
• Psalms 109:31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
• Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
• Psalms 146:7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
• Proverbs 14:20-21The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the…
• Proverbs 22:2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
• Proverbs 28:11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
• Isaiah 41:17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not…
• Zephaniah 3:12I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
• Matthew 26:11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
• Mark 12:42-44And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them…
• Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach…
• Exodus 23:3Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
• Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
• Leviticus 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness…
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne…
• Job 5:15-16But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
• Job 29:11-13When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the…
• Job 29:15-16I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
• Job 30:25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
• Job 31:15-22Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused…
• Job 34:28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
• Job 36:6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
• Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of…
• Psalms 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
• Psalms 41:1[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Psalms 72:2He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
• Psalms 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
• Psalms 74:21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
• Psalms 82:3-4Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
• Psalms 107:9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
• Psalms 107:36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
• Psalms 109:16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
• Psalms 113:7-8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his…
• Psalms 132:15I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
• Proverbs 6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
• Proverbs 10:15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
• Proverbs 13:7-8There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. The ransom of a man’s life are his…
• Proverbs 13:23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
• Proverbs 18:23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
• Proverbs 19:4Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
• Proverbs 19:7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
• Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
• Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
• Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• Proverbs 22:22-23Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those…
• Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
• Proverbs 24:33-34Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an…
• Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
• Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
• Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
• Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
• Proverbs 29:13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
• Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
• Proverbs 30:8-9Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say…
• Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is…
• Ecclesiastes 6:8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
• Ecclesiastes 9:15-16Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is…
• Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his…
• Isaiah 14:30And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
• Isaiah 14:32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
• Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast…
• Isaiah 29:19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• Jeremiah 20:13Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
• Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
• Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did…
• Zechariah 11:7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called…
• Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel…
• Mark 14:7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
• Luke 7:22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers…
• Luke 14:13-14But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou…
• John 12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
• 2 Corinthians 8:2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
• 2 Corinthians 9:12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

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