Bible Verses About Poverty
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for poverty, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,720 votes, led by Leviticus 25:35. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Poverty
Leviticus 25:35555 votes
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Proverbs 22:2370 votes
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
2 Corinthians 8:9330 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.
Proverbs 20:13301 votes
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 28:6264 votes
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 31:8-9260 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Luke 6:20-21200 votes
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Ecclesiastes 9:16188 votes
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 22:7181 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 17:5171 votes
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
1 John 3:17164 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Proverbs 29:7162 votes
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs 24:33-34150 votes
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 28:11135 votes
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Luke 12:32-34135 votes
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Psalms 103:6134 votes
The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Proverbs 19:4134 votes
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Leviticus 19:9-10118 votes
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
Proverbs 21:5103 votes
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Proverbs 15:1696 votes
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Amos 5:2496 votes
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Matthew 8:2095 votes
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
1 Samuel 2:894 votes
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
Proverbs 29:1394 votes
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
Luke 4:16-2182 votes
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
What does the Bible say about poverty?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 25:35 on the subject of poverty. Across 7,720 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:2, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Proverbs 20:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.