Quotes about Poverty
For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
— Deuteronomy 15:11
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
— Deuteronomy 24:12
You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
— Deuteronomy 24:15
They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
— Joshua 9:5
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
— 1 Samuel 2:5
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
— 1 Samuel 2:7
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
— 1 Samuel 2:8
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
— Job 5:5
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
— Job 5:16
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
— Job 20:19
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
— Job 24:3
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
— Job 24:4