Quotes about Poverty
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
— Proverbs 28:19
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
— Proverbs 28:22
Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
— Proverbs 28:27
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
— Proverbs 29:13
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
— Proverbs 30:8
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
— Proverbs 30:9
Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
— Proverbs 31:7
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
— Ecclesiastes 6:8
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
— Ecclesiastes 9:15
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
— Isaiah 10:2
Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
— Isaiah 14:30
Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
— Isaiah 26:6