Bible Verses About Poverty: General references

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.