25 Bible Verses About Poverty (ESV)

35 “If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.

2   The rich and the poor meet together;
    the LORD is the Maker of them all.

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 by his poverty might become rich.

13   Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

8   Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
9   Open your mouth, judge righteously,
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.

6   Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
    than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.

16 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.

20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

5   Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker;
    he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

7   A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;
    a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?

7   The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

11   A rich man is wise in his own eyes,
    but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.

32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

33   A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
34   and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

6   The LORD works righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.

4   Wealth brings many new friends,
    but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God.

24   But let justice roll down like waters,
    and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

5   The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

16   Better is a little with the fear of the LORD
    than great treasure and trouble with it.

8   He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
  to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
  For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s,
    and on them he has set the world.

13   The poor man and the oppressor meet together;
    the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”