There I will provide for you, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty; for there are still five years of famine.” ’

Lending to the Poor

‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.

Job’s Wealth Now Poverty

“But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty.

Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains correction, But he who regards a rebuke will be honored.

In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me;

Let him drink and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”

for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”

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

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.