Popular Bible Verses about Poverty

For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). AMP

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 be rich. KJV

I know your affliction and distress and pressing trouble and your poverty--but you are rich! and how you are abused and reviled and slandered by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. AMP

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

So will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless]. [Prov. 10:4; 13:4; 20:4.] AMP

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. KJV

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He lifts up. AMP

The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. KJV

The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. [Ps. 52:7; I Tim. 6:17.] AMP

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. KJV

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses instruction and correction, but he who heeds reproof is honored. AMP

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. KJV

In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty. AMP

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. KJV

For in the midst of an ordeal of severe tribulation, their abundance of joy and their depth of poverty [together] have overflowed in wealth of lavish generosity on their part. AMP

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. KJV

Even though [the youth] comes out of prison to reign, while the other, born a king, becomes needy. AMP

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. KJV

And a widow who was poverty-stricken came and put in two copper mites [the smallest of coins], which together make half of a cent. AMP

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. KJV