Bible Verses about “being poor”

“‹No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.›”

“¶ ‹Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.›”

“[The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”

“¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.”

“‹And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.›”

“¶ ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.›”

“Hearken, 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 love him?”

“Jesus said unto him, ‹If thou wilt be perfect, go› [and] ‹sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come› [and] ‹follow me.›”

“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:”

“But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.”

“¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.”

“¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.”

“Behold, 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 she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”

“¶ Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.”

“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”

“This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.”

“Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, ‹One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.›”

“Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,”

“For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.”

“And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].”

“And laid [them] down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.”

“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.”

“Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;”

“He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.”