Bible Verses About Being Poor
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being poor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 580 votes, led by James 2:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Poor
James 2:570 votes
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Psalms 34:660 votes
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 34:1741 votes
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Job 29:1240 votes
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Proverbs 22:1637 votes
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Proverbs 21:1333 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Matthew 5:330 votes
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 6:2430 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Proverbs 19:1728 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Luke 6:3126 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Deuteronomy 15:7-825 votes
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Proverbs 14:3125 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Mark 10:2122 votes
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Ezekiel 16:49-5017 votes
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
2 Corinthians 8:915 votes
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Matthew 7:1214 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Ecclesiastes 2:2612 votes
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Matthew 19:2112 votes
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Job 27:16-1711 votes
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Proverbs 13:2211 votes
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Acts 4:34-3511 votes
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
Luke 18:2210 votes
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
What does the Bible say about being poor?
Readers most often cite James 2:5 on the subject of being poor. Across 580 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 34:6, Psalms 34:17, Job 29:12. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.