Concordance

“Poor” in the Bible

161 verses contain “poor” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 48:10 Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
Exodus 22:25 If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
Exodus 23:3 And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Exodus 23:6 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Exodus 23:11 …venth year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same…
Exodus 30:15 In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
Leviticus 14:21 If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a…
Leviticus 19:10 You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Leviticus 23:22 …or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your…
Leviticus 27:8 But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making…
Deuteronomy 15:4 There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
Deuteronomy 15:7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your…
Deuteronomy 15:9 …, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be…
Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
Deuteronomy 24:12 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
Deuteronomy 24:14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
Deuteronomy 24:15 You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Ruth 3:10 Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
1 Samuel 2:8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the…
1 Samuel 18:23 …vial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly…
2 Samuel 12:1 Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
2 Samuel 12:3 but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his…
2 Samuel 12:4 … for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his…
Esther 9:22 …easting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the…
Job 5:16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
Job 20:10 His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
Job 20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Job 24:4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
Job 24:5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
Job 24:9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
Job 24:14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
Job 29:12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Job 31:16 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
Job 34:19 who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
Job 34:28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
Psalms 22:26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
Psalms 34:6 This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Psalms 35:10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Psalms 37:14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Psalms 40:17 But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
Psalms 41:1 Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
Psalms 49:2 both low and high, rich and poor alike.
Psalms 68:10 Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
Psalms 70:5 But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Psalms 72:13 He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
Psalms 74:21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
Psalms 86:1 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Psalms 109:16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
Psalms 109:22 For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
Psalms 112:9 He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
Psalms 113:7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
Psalms 132:15 I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Psalms 140:12 I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
Proverbs 10:4 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 11:24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Proverbs 13:7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Proverbs 13:8 Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
Proverbs 13:23 Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
Proverbs 14:20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
Proverbs 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Proverbs 17:5 He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 18:23 The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
Proverbs 19:1 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Proverbs 19:4 Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
Proverbs 19:17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Proverbs 19:22 The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Proverbs 21:13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Proverbs 22:16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Proverbs 22:22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Proverbs 28:3 A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:6 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
Proverbs 28:8 He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
Proverbs 29:13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
Proverbs 29:14 A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
Proverbs 30:9 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.
Proverbs 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:20 She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a…
Ecclesiastes 6:8 What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
Ecclesiastes 9:15 Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
Isaiah 3:14 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 3:15 Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Isaiah 10:2 to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
Isaiah 11:4 but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
Isaiah 14:30 Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
Isaiah 25:4 For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like…
Isaiah 26:6 Feet trample it down— the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
Isaiah 29:19 The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 32:7 The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 58:7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own…
Isaiah 61:1 …because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the…
Jeremiah 2:34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
Jeremiah 5:4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Jeremiah 22:16 He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 24:2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
Jeremiah 39:10 But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
Ezekiel 16:49 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 18:12 He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
Ezekiel 18:17 He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s…
Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Amos 2:7 They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so…
Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Amos 5:11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from…
Amos 5:12 For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
Amos 8:4 Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Amos 8:6 Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 11:5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Matthew 19:21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Matthew 26:9 This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
Matthew 26:11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
Mark 10:21 …thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow…
Mark 12:42 Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
Mark 12:43 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.
Mark 14:5 It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
Mark 14:7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
Luke 4:18 …n Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the…
Luke 6:20 Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 7:22 …, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the…
Luke 12:33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no…
Luke 14:13 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
Luke 14:21 …y into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the…
Luke 18:22 On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Luke 19:8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
Luke 21:2 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
Luke 21:3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
John 12:5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
John 12:6 Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
John 12:8 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
John 13:29 Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.
Acts 10:4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
Acts 10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
Romans 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

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