| Amos 8 4 |
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, |
| Proverbs 28 8 |
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. |
| Proverbs 22 16 |
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
| 1 Samuel 2 7 |
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. |
| Haggai 1 6 |
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. |
| Matthew 13 12 |
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. |
| Proverbs 28 19 |
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. |
| Proverbs 24 34 |
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. |
| Proverbs 13 7 |
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. |
| Proverbs 10 4 |
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. |
| Proverbs 28 27 |
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. |
| Proverbs 13 11 |
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. |
| Proverbs 6 11 |
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
| Matthew 25 29 |
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. |
| Psalms 9 18 |
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. |
| Proverbs 29 7 |
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. |
| Isaiah 26 6 |
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. |
| Proverbs 29 16 |
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. |
| Mark 4 19 |
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. |
| Ecclesiastes 5 11 |
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? |
| Ecclesiastes 5 8 |
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. |
| Mark 2 21 |
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. |
| Proverbs 28 6 |
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. |
| Proverbs 19 4 |
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. |
| Deuteronomy 8 13 |
And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; |
| Proverbs 19 17 |
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. |
| Psalms 10 14 |
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. |
| Proverbs 10 15 |
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. |
| Proverbs 28 11 |
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. |
| 1 Samuel 2 5 |
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. |
| Psalms 39 6 |
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. |
| Proverbs 22 2 |
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. |
| Isaiah 44 25 |
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; |
| Amos 5 9 |
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. |
| Matthew 26 11 |
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. |
| Psalms 107 41 |
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. |
| Mark 14 7 |
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. |
| Psalms 144 13 |
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: |
| Proverbs 13 23 |
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. |
| Proverbs 19 1 |
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. |
| Psalms 35 10 |
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? |
| Deuteronomy 15 11 |
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. |
| 2 Corinthians 8 15 |
As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. |
| Proverbs 23 21 |
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. |
| 1 Corinthians 13 4 |
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, |
| Ecclesiastes 5 14 |
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. |
| Proverbs 30 8 |
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
| Leviticus 25 47 |
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: |
| Romans 11 12 |
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? |
| Philippians 4 12 |
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. |