Quotes about Poverty
Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
— Amos 8:6
For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,
— Matthew 25:42
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
— Matthew 26:11
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
— Mark 12:42
For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
— Mark 12:44
The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
— Mark 14:7
He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
— Luke 1:53
John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
— Luke 3:11
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
— Luke 15:14
And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
— Luke 16:20
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
— Luke 16:21
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
— Luke 18:22