Quotes about Poverty
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
— Proverbs 23:21
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
— Proverbs 24:34
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
— Proverbs 28:3
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
— Proverbs 28:6
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
— Proverbs 28:19
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
— Proverbs 28:22
Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
— Proverbs 28:27
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
— Proverbs 29:13
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
— Proverbs 30:8
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
— Proverbs 30:9
Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
— Proverbs 31:7
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
— Ecclesiastes 6:8