Bible Verses About Poverty

and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.

The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

Better little with the fear of ADONAI than great wealth coupled with worry.

Better a little with righteousness than a huge income with injustice.

If you love sleep, you will become poor; keep your eyes open, and you'll have plenty of food.

for both drunkard and glutton will become poor -drowsiness will clothe them with rags

"I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep"-

and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.

He who farms his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows futilities will have plenty of poverty.

keep falsehood and futility far from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Yes, provide just the food I need today;

for if I have too much, I might deny you and say, "Who is ADONAI?"And if I am poor, I might steal and thus profane the name of my God.

Better an armload with tranquillity than both arms full of effort and feeding on wind.