Bible Verses About Poverty

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me; lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.