Poor
195 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
24 sections
- Atonement Money of, Uniform with That of the Rich People
- Duty To
- God's Care of
- Inexpensive offerings of People Who Have Very Little Money
- Kindness To by Boaz
- Kindness To by Job
- Kindness to Congregations
- Kindness to Congregations of Macedonia and Achaia
- Kindness to Cornelius
- Kindness to Dorcas
- Kindness to Jews
- Kindness to Nebuzaradan
- Kindness to Paul
- Kindness to Prophet's Widow
- Kindness to The Congregation at Antioch (In Syria)
- Kindness to The Good Samaritan
- Kindness to The Temanites
- Kindness to To Ruth
- Kindness to To the Widow of Zarephath
- Kindness to Zacchaeus
- Oppressions of
- Poor in Spirit
- The Widow's Son
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
Atonement Money of, Uniform with That of the Rich People
- Exodus 30:15 In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
Duty To
- Exodus 22:25–27 If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest. …
- Exodus 23:11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
- Leviticus 19:9–10 When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. …
- Leviticus 23:22 When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
- Leviticus 25:25–28 If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold. …
- Leviticus 25:35–37 Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you. …
- Leviticus 25:39–43 If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor. …
- Deuteronomy 14:28–29 At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. …
- Deuteronomy 15:2–14 This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed. …
- Deuteronomy 24:12–21 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; …
- Deuteronomy 26:12–13 When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates. …
- Nehemiah 8:10 Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
- Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
- Psalm 37:26 They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- Psalm 41:1–3 Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. …
- Psalm 112:4–5 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright — for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. …
- Psalm 112:9 He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
- Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
- Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
- Proverbs 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
- Proverbs 31:20 She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
- Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- Isaiah 16:3–4 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees. …
- Isaiah 58:7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Isaiah 58:10 and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
- Ezekiel 18:7 He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
- Ezekiel 18:16–17 He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. …
- Daniel 4:27 Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
- Matthew 19:21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Matthew 25:35–36 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, …
- Mark 14:7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
- Luke 3:11 John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
- Luke 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
- Luke 11:41 But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
- Luke 12:33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Luke 14:12–14 Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid. …
- Luke 18:22 On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Luke 19:8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
- Acts 20:35 In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Romans 12:8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
- Romans 12:13 Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
- Romans 12:20 On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
- 1 Corinthians 16:1–2 Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia: …
- 2 Corinthians 6:10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5–7 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly. …
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- Galatians 2:10 They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
- Galatians 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- Ephesians 4:28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
- 1 Timothy 5:9–10 A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband, …
- 1 Timothy 5:16 If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.
- Hebrews 13:3 Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
- James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- James 2:2–9 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. …
- James 2:15–16 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. …
- James 5:4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- 1 John 3:17–19 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? …
God's Care of
- 1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Job 5:15–16 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. …
- Job 31:15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
- Job 34:18–19 who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’ …
- Job 34:28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
- Job 36:6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
- Job 36:15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
- Psalm 9:18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
- Psalm 10:14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalm 12:5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Psalm 14:6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
- Psalm 34:6 This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
- Psalm 35:10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
- Psalm 68:10 Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
- Psalm 69:33 For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
- Psalm 72:2 May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
- Psalm 72:4 May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
- Psalm 72:12–14 For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. …
- Psalm 74:21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
- Psalm 102:17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
- Psalm 107:9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- Psalm 107:36 He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
- Psalm 107:41 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
- Psalm 109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- Psalm 113:7–8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump …
- Psalm 132:15 I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
- Psalm 140:12 I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Psalm 146:5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- Psalm 146:7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
- Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- Proverbs 22:22–23 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, …
- Proverbs 29:13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- Isaiah 11:4 but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
- Isaiah 14:30 Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
- Isaiah 14:32 What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Isaiah 25:4 For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Isaiah 29:19 The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Jeremiah 20:13 Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.
- Zephaniah 3:12 But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
- Zechariah 11:7 So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
- Matthew 11:5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- Luke 7:22 So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- Luke 16:22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
- James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Inexpensive offerings of People Who Have Very Little Money
- Leviticus 5:7 If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons — one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 12:8 But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
- Leviticus 14:21–22 If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a …
Kindness To by Boaz
- Ruth 2:14–16 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over. …
Kindness To by Job
- Job 29:11–16 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me, …
- Job 31:16–21 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail, …
- Job 31:38–40 if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, …
Kindness to Congregations
- Acts 6:1 In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
- Acts 11:29 So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
- Romans 15:25–26 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there. …
- 2 Corinthians 8:1–4 Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia. …
Kindness to Congregations of Macedonia and Achaia
- Romans 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
- 2 Corinthians 8:1–5 Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia. …
Kindness to Cornelius
- Acts 10:2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
- Acts 10:4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
Kindness to Dorcas
- Acts 9:36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
Kindness to Jews
- Esther 9:22 as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one …
Kindness to Nebuzaradan
- Jeremiah 39:10 But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
Kindness to Paul
- Romans 15:25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
Kindness to Prophet's Widow
- 2 Kings 4:1–7 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” …
Kindness to The Congregation at Antioch (In Syria)
- Acts 11:29–30 So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. …
Kindness to The Good Samaritan
- Luke 10:33–35 But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion. …
Kindness to The Temanites
- Isaiah 21:14 Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
Kindness to To Ruth
- Ruth 2:23 So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Kindness to To the Widow of Zarephath
- 1 Kings 17:12–24 But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread— only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, …
Kindness to Zacchaeus
- Luke 19:8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
Oppressions of
- Nehemiah 5:1–13 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. …
- Job 20:19–21 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build. …
- Job 22:6–7 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing. …
- Job 22:9–11 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed. …
- Job 24:4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalm 37:14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- Proverbs 14:20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
- Proverbs 17:5 He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him — how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
- Proverbs 22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- Proverbs 22:16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
- Proverbs 28:3 A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
- Proverbs 28:15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
- Proverbs 30:14 there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- Isaiah 3:14–15 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. …
- Isaiah 10:1–2 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, …
- Isaiah 32:6–7 For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. …
- Ezekiel 18:12 He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
- Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
- Amos 2:6–8 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. …
- Amos 4:1–2 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.” …
- Amos 5:11–12 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. …
- Amos 8:4 Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
- Amos 8:6 Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
- Habakkuk 3:14 With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
- James 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Poor in Spirit
- Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 6:20 Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
- Isaiah 66:2 Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
The Widow's Son
- 2 Kings 4:1–7 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” …
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Exodus 23:3 And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
- Exodus 23:6 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
- Leviticus 19:15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- 1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Nehemiah 8:10 Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
- Nehemiah 8:12 Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
- Job 29:11–13 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me, …
- Job 29:15–16 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame. …
- Job 30:25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
- Job 31:15–22 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb? …
- Job 34:19 who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
- Psalm 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
- Psalm 82:3–4 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. …
- Psalm 109:16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
- Proverbs 10:15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- Proverbs 13:7–8 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. …
- Proverbs 13:23 Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
- Proverbs 14:20–21 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich. …
- Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Proverbs 18:23 The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- Proverbs 19:1 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- Proverbs 19:4 Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
- Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him — how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
- Proverbs 19:17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Proverbs 19:22 The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
- Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
- Proverbs 21:13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- Proverbs 22:9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- Proverbs 28:6 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
- Proverbs 28:8 He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Proverbs 28:11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
- Proverbs 28:19 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
- Proverbs 29:14 A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
- Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
- Ecclesiastes 6:8 What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
- Ecclesiastes 9:15–16 Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. …
- Jeremiah 22:16 He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 16:49 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Matthew 25:42 For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,
- Matthew 25:45 Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’
- Matthew 26:11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
- Mark 12:43–44 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. …
- Mark 14:7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
- Luke 6:30–35 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back. …
- Luke 16:20–21 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores …
- John 12:6 Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
- James 1:9–10 The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.