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The 13 most-voted verses about poverty, from 6 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

Leviticus 25:35 (BSB)

¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Leviticus 25:35 (KJV)

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

Leviticus 25:35 (WEB)

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:2 (BSB)

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:2 (KJV)

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:2 (WEB)

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

2 Corinthians 8:9 (BSB)

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.

2 Corinthians 8:9 (KJV)

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.

2 Corinthians 8:9 (WEB)

Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

Proverbs 20:13 (BSB)

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:13 (KJV)

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:13 (WEB)

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

Proverbs 28:6 (BSB)

Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

Proverbs 28:6 (KJV)

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

Proverbs 28:6 (WEB)

The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

Psalm 103:6 (BSB)

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

Psalm 103:6 (KJV)

The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

Psalm 103:6 (WEB)

He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 17:5 (BSB)

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:5 (KJV)

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:5 (WEB)

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Proverbs 19:4 (BSB)

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Proverbs 19:4 (KJV)

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

Proverbs 19:4 (WEB)

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7 (BSB)

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7 (KJV)

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7 (WEB)

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

Proverbs 28:11 (BSB)

The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Proverbs 28:11 (KJV)

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

Proverbs 28:11 (WEB)

The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

Proverbs 29:7 (BSB)

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].

Proverbs 29:7 (KJV)

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

Proverbs 29:7 (WEB)

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Ecclesiastes 9:16 (BSB)

Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

Ecclesiastes 9:16 (KJV)

Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Ecclesiastes 9:16 (WEB)

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

1 John 3:17 (BSB)

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

1 John 3:17 (KJV)

But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

1 John 3:17 (WEB)

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