832 verses about Poverty

All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

both low and high, rich and poor together.

Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.

For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.

But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.

He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever;

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

Men don’t despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

Better is he who is little know, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.