Poverty

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Bible verses about “Poverty”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Proverbs 6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
• Proverbs 10:15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
• Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
• Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
• Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
• Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
• Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
• Proverbs 24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
• Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
• Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
• Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
• Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.