Quotes about Poverty
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
— Job 24:5
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
— Job 24:7
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
— Job 24:9
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
— Job 24:10
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
— Job 30:3
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
— Job 31:16
if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
— Job 31:19
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
— Job 34:28
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
— Psalm 22:26
He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
— Psalm 72:13
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
— Proverbs 6:11
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
— Proverbs 6:26