Quotes about Poverty
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
— Proverbs 20:13
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
— Proverbs 21:5
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
— Proverbs 21:13
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
— Proverbs 21:17
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
— Proverbs 22:7
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
— Proverbs 22:16
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
— Proverbs 22:22
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
— Proverbs 22:27
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
— Proverbs 23:21
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
— Proverbs 24:34
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
— Proverbs 28:3
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
— Proverbs 28:6