The Poor
116 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
88 sections
- A Care For is a Fruit of Repentance
- A Care For is Characteristic of Saints
- A Care For: should be Urged
- Care For-Illustrated
- Christ Delivers
- Christ Lived As One of
- Christ Preached To
- Condition of, often Results From: Bad Company
- Condition of, often Results From: Drunkenness and Gluttony
- Condition of, often Results From: Sloth
- Defend
- Despise Not
- do Justice To
- Gideon
- Give to Cheerfully
- Give to Liberally
- Give to not Grudgingly
- Give to Pray For
- Give to Specially If Saints
- Give To without Ostentation
- God is the Refuge of
- God: Delivers
- God: Despises No the Prayer of
- God: Exalts
- God: Forgets Not
- God: Hears
- God: Maintains the Right of
- God: Protects
- God: Provides For
- God: Regards Equally with the Rich
- Guilt of Defrauding
- Harden not the Heart Against
- Made by God
- May Be: Liberal
- May Be: Rich in Faith
- May Be: Upright
- May Be: Wise
- Neglect Towards Is: A Neglect of Christ
- Neglect Towards Is: A Proof of Unbelief
- Neglect Towards Is: Inconsistent with Love to God
- Offerings of, Acceptable to God
- Oppress Not
- Oppression of-Illustrated
- Prophet's Widow
- Punishment For: Acting Unjustly Towards
- Punishment For: Oppressing
- Punishment For: Refusing to Assist
- Punishment For: Spoiling
- Regard For: Boaz
- Regard For: Church at Antioch
- Regard For: Churches of Macedonia and Achaia
- Regard For: Cornelius
- Regard For: Dorcas
- Regard For: Job
- Regard For: Nebuzaradan
- Regard For: Paul
- Regard For: Peter and John
- Regard For: Zacchaeus
- Rob Not
- Rule Not, with Vigour
- Ruth
- Saints of Old
- Shall Never Cease out of the Land
- should Commit Themselves to God
- should Hope in God
- should Provided for Under the Law
- should Rejoice in God
- should when Converted, Rejoice in Their Exaltation
- Shut not the Hand Against
- Take No Usury From
- The Wicked: Care not For
- The Wicked: Crush
- The Wicked: Defraud
- The Wicked: Despise the Counsel of
- The Wicked: Devour
- The Wicked: Grind the Faces of
- The Wicked: Oppress
- The Wicked: Persecute
- The Wicked: Regard not the Cause of
- The Wicked: Sell
- The Wicked: Tread Down
- The Wicked: Vex
- They Who in Faith, Believe are Blessed
- They Who in Faith, Believe are Happy
- They Who in Faith, Believe: Have Promises
- They Who in Faith, Believe: Have the Favour of God
- Widow of Zarephath
- Wrong not in Judgment
A Care For is a Fruit of Repentance
- Luke 3:11 John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
A Care For is Characteristic of Saints
- Psalm 112:9 He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
- 2 Corinthians 9:9 As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
- Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
A Care For: should be Urged
- 2 Corinthians 8:7–8 But just as you excel in everything — in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you — see that you also excel in this grace of giving. …
- Galatians 2:10 They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
Care For-Illustrated
- Luke 10:33–35 But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion. …
Christ Delivers
- Psalm 72:12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Christ Lived As One of
- Matthew 8:20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
Christ Preached To
- 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,
Condition of, often Results From: Bad Company
- Proverbs 28:19 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Condition of, often Results From: Drunkenness and Gluttony
- Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Condition of, often Results From: Sloth
- Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Defend
- Psalm 82:3–4 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. …
Despise Not
- Proverbs 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- James 2:2–4 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. …
do Justice To
- Psalm 82:3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- 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.
Gideon
- Judges 6:15 “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
Give to Cheerfully
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
Give to Liberally
- Deuteronomy 14:29 Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
- Deuteronomy 15:8 Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
- Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
Give to not Grudgingly
- Deuteronomy 15:10 Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
Give to Pray For
- Psalm 74:19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
- Psalm 74:21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
Give to Specially If Saints
- Romans 12:13 Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
- Galatians 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
Give To without Ostentation
- Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
God is the Refuge of
- Psalm 14:6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
God: Delivers
- Job 36:15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
- 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?”
God: Despises No the Prayer of
- Psalm 102:17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
God: Exalts
- 1 Samuel 2:8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- Psalm 107:41 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
God: Forgets Not
- Psalm 9:18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
God: Hears
- Psalm 69:33 For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
- 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.
God: Maintains the Right of
- Psalm 140:12 I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
God: Protects
- 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 109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
God: Provides For
- Psalm 68:10 Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
- Psalm 146:7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
God: Regards Equally with the Rich
- 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.
Guilt of Defrauding
- 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.
Harden not the Heart Against
- Deuteronomy 15:7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
Made by God
- 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.
- Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
May Be: Liberal
- Mark 12:42 Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
- 2 Corinthians 9:12 For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
May Be: Rich in Faith
- 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?
May Be: Upright
- Proverbs 19:1 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
May Be: Wise
- Proverbs 28:11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
Neglect Towards Is: A Neglect of Christ
- Matthew 25:42–45 For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, …
Neglect Towards Is: A Proof of Unbelief
- James 2:15–17 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. …
Neglect Towards Is: Inconsistent with Love to God
- 1 John 3:17 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?
Offerings of, Acceptable to God
- Mark 12:42–44 Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius. …
- 2 Corinthians 8:2 In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Oppress Not
- Deuteronomy 24:14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
- 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.’
Oppression of-Illustrated
- 2 Samuel 12:1–6 Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. …
Prophet's Widow
- 2 Kings 4:2 “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
Punishment For: Acting Unjustly Towards
- Job 20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
- Job 20:29 This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- Job 22:6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
- Job 22:10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
- Isaiah 10:1–3 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, …
- 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. …
Punishment For: Oppressing
- Proverbs 22:16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 22:31 So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
Punishment For: Refusing to Assist
- Job 22:7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
- Job 22:10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
- Proverbs 21:13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
Punishment For: Spoiling
- Isaiah 3:13–15 The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people. …
- Ezekiel 18:13 He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
Regard For: Boaz
- Ruth 2:14 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.
Regard For: Church at Antioch
- Acts 11:29–30 So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. …
Regard For: Churches 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. …
Regard For: 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.
Regard For: 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.
- Acts 9:39 So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
Regard For: Job
- Job 29:12–16 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. …
Regard For: 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.
Regard For: Paul
- Romans 15:25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
Regard For: Peter and John
- Acts 3:6 But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
Regard For: 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.”
Rob Not
- Proverbs 22:22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Rule Not, with Vigour
- Leviticus 25:39 If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
- Leviticus 25:43 You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
Ruth
- Ruth 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
Saints of Old
- Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
Shall Never Cease out of the Land
- Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
- Zephaniah 3:12 But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
- Matthew 26:11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
should Commit Themselves to God
- 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.
should Hope in God
- Job 5:16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
should Provided for Under the Law
- 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. …
should Rejoice in God
- 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.
should when Converted, Rejoice in Their Exaltation
- James 1:9 The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
Shut not the Hand Against
- Deuteronomy 15:7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
Take No Usury From
- Leviticus 25:36 Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
The Wicked: Care not For
- 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.
The Wicked: Crush
- Amos 4:1 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.”
The Wicked: Defraud
- Amos 8:5–6 asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. …
The Wicked: Despise the Counsel of
- Psalm 14:6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
The Wicked: Devour
- 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.
The Wicked: Grind the Faces of
- Isaiah 3:15 Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
The Wicked: Oppress
- Job 24:4–10 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. …
- 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.
The Wicked: Persecute
- Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
The Wicked: Regard not the Cause of
- Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
The Wicked: Sell
- Amos 2:6 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.
The Wicked: Tread Down
- Amos 5:11 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.
The Wicked: Vex
- Ezekiel 22:20 Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.
They Who in Faith, Believe are Blessed
- Deuteronomy 15:10 Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
- Psalm 41:1 Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
- Proverbs 22:9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- 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.’”
They Who in Faith, Believe are Happy
- Proverbs 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
They Who in Faith, Believe: Have Promises
- Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
- Luke 14:13–14 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, …
They Who in Faith, Believe: Have the Favour of God
- Hebrews 13:16 And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Widow of Zarephath
- 1 Kings 17:12 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, …
Wrong not in Judgment
- Exodus 23:6 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Related topics
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.