14 Bible Verses About The Poor
14 Bible verses about The Poor to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.
Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to the LORD, and he will pay them back for what they have done.
Whoever oppresses the poor insults the One who made them, but kindness to the needy honors him.
How blessed are those who care about the weak! When trouble comes, the LORD will rescue them.
They asked only that we keep remembering the poor, and that is the very thing I was eager to do.
Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but whoever looks away from them will receive many curses.
I know that the LORD will take up the case of the oppressed and see that the needy get justice.
Instead, when you hold a feast, ask the poor to come, and those who are maimed, lame, or blind.
Generous people will be blessed, because they share their food with the poor.
The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
If one of your fellow Israelites in one of your towns, in the land the LORD your God is giving you, falls into need, do not harden your heart or keep your hand closed against that needy person. Instead, open your hand to him generously and lend him as much as he needs to meet his want.
He lifts the poor up out of the dust and raises those in need from the ash heap,
“The Spirit of the Lord rests on me, for he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce freedom to the captives and sight to the blind, to set the downtrodden free,
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?
Speak out and judge rightly; take up the case of the poor and the needy.”