Bible Verses About Hope In Poverty & Being Poor

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. - Leviticus 25:35

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. - Proverbs 20:13

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. - 2 Corinthians 8:9

The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all. - Proverbs 22:2

But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard. - Ecclesiastes 9:16

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways. - Proverbs 28:6

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. - Proverbs 31:8,9

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. - Luke 6:20,21

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. - Proverbs 17:5

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. 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. - Leviticus 19:9,10

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. - Proverbs 24:33,34

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge. - Proverbs 29:7

Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. - Proverbs 19:4

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. - Amos 5:24

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. - Proverbs 22:7

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 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. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. - Luke 12:32,34

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out. - Provers 28:11

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. - Proverbs 10:4

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. - Proverbs 21:5

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. - Psalm 103:6

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it. - Proverbs 15:16

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends. -Proverbs 14:20

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. - 1 John 3:17