11 Bible Verses About Good News for the Poor

The Spirit of the Lord GOD rests on me, for the LORD has anointed me to carry good news to the lowly. He has sent me to bandage hearts that are broken, to announce freedom for captives and, for those in chains, eyes opened wide,

the blind can see and the lame are walking, people with leprosy are made clean and the deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news.

Then, with his eyes on his disciples, he said, “Blessed are you poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world’s eyes to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him?

Here was a poor man who cried out; the LORD heard and rescued him from every one of his troubles.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD rests on me, for the LORD has anointed me to carry good news to the lowly. He has sent me to bandage hearts that are broken, to announce freedom for captives and, for those in chains, eyes opened wide, to announce a year when the LORD shows favor and a day when our God takes vengeance, to console all who grieve,

For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor will the hope of the poor be lost forever.

The hungry he has filled with good things, and the rich he has sent away with nothing.

He lifts the poor up out of the dust and raises those in need from the ash heap,

He lifts the poor up out of the dust and raises those in need from the ash heap, to seat them with nobles and give them a throne of honor as their own. For the pillars of the earth belong to the LORD; on them he has set the world.