(page 2) Bible Verses About Poor
236 Scriptures on Poor

Job 5:5

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

Joel 1:10

The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.

John 12:5

Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

John 12:6

(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

John 12:8

The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

John 13:29

Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.

Leviticus 14:21

And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

Leviticus 19:10

And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:15

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

Leviticus 23:22

And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 25:25

If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.

Leviticus 25:35

And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

Leviticus 25:39

And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

Leviticus 25:47

And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

Luke 11:41

But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

Luke 12:33

Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

Luke 14:13

But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

Luke 14:21

And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

Luke 1:48

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

Luke 16:20

And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,

Luke 16:22

And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

Luke 18:22

And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

Luke 19:8

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

Luke 21:2

And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.

Luke 21:3

And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

Luke 6:20

And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

Luke 7:22

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

Mark 10:21

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

Mark 12:42

And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

Mark 12:43

And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:

Mark 14:5

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

Mark 14:7

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

Matthew 11:5

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

Matthew 26:11

For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

Matthew 26:9

For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.

Matthew 5:3

Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Matthew 6:2

When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

Numbers 13:20

And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.

Numbers 21:5

And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

Philippians 3:21

By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

Proverbs 10:15

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

Proverbs 10:4

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

Proverbs 11:12

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

Proverbs 13:23

There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

Proverbs 13:7

A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

Proverbs 13:8

A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

Proverbs 14:21

He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

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