Poverty

And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

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 become rich.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse inhisways, though he be rich.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate. — read the full passage →

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessedare ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; Andhe that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; — read the full passage →

Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. — read the full passage →

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest. — read the full passage →

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hastyhastethonly to want.

Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.

But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. — read the full passage →

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

Two things have I asked of thee; Deny methemnot before I die: — read the full passage →

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying: — read the full passage →

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. — read the full passage →

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. — read the full passage →

and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments:

In the tenth year, in the tenthmonth, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. — read the full passage →

Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. — read the full passage →

Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother; — read the full passage →

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink. — read the full passage →

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: — read the full passage →

If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; — read the full passage →

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. — read the full passage →

The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly. — read the full passage →

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding? — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, — read the full passage →

But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, — read the full passage →

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word wherewith Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us. — read the full passage →

But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten. — read the full passage →

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off; — read the full passage →

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor. — read the full passage →

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands. — read the full passage →

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always. — read the full passage →

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. — read the full passage →

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard. — read the full passage →

In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. — read the full passage →

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself. — read the full passage →

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul. — read the full passage →

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him. — read the full passage →

Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. — read the full passage →

Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them. — read the full passage →

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. — read the full passage →

For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. — read the full passage →

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty: — read the full passage →

Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. — read the full passage →

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness. — read the full passage →

Thou hast seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. — read the full passage →

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. — read the full passage →

And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. — read the full passage →