Poverty

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. — read the full passage →

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

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

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

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

Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. — read the full passage →

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. — read the full passage →

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts 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 Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

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

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

“Cry aloud, don’t spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

“Two things I have asked of you; don’t deny me before I die: — read the full passage →

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, 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 you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

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 you have 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 dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them. — read the full passage →

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, 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 of it, saying: — read the full passage →

But Hezekiah didn’t render again according to the benefit done to him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to 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 presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries. — read the full passage →

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him, — read the full passage →

and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

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

Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field. — read the full passage →

“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. — read the full passage →

Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!” — read the full passage →

Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God. — read the full passage →

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, 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 is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them. — read the full passage →

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly. — read the full passage →

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding? — read the full passage →

Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying, — read the full passage →

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience. — read the full passage →

“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs 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 Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, — read the full passage →

You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us. — read the full passage →

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

For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off— — read the full passage →

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor. — read the full passage →

You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your 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 Yahweh’s glory filled the house. — read the full passage →

You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always. — read the full passage →

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. — read the full passage →

“Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard. — read the full passage →

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble. — read the full passage →

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways. — read the full passage →

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. — read the full passage →

Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul. — read the full passage →

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves. — read the full passage →

Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. — read the full passage →

Son of man, they who 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 has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. — read the full passage →

For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. — 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 Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. — read the full passage →

Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob! — read the full passage →

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. — read the full passage →

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. — read the full passage →

But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless. — read the full passage →

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper. — read the full passage →

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh. — read the full passage →

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 custody. — read the full passage →