Quotes about Poverty

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate.

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor?

The poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb.

They sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes.

The poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

The libertarian view that the state has no responsibility to care for and empower the poor flies in the face of clear biblical teaching.

Papa used to say that wealth is a sin and poverty is a punishment but that God apparently wants there to be no connection between the sin and the punishment. One man sins and another is punished. That's how the world is made.

That's how God created us: wealth is a crime and poverty is a punishment, though the punishment is not given to the one who sinned, but to the one who hasn't got the money to escape the punishment. The woman, naturally, cannot deny that she is pregnant. The man denies it as much as he likes, and what can you do? God gave men the pleasure and us the punishment.

Wealth is not to feed our egos, but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

The poor, who have nothing in themselves, to them comes the kingdom. The meek, who seek nothing in themselves, will inherit the earth. The blessings of heaven and earth are for the lowly. For the heavenly and the earthly life, humility is the secret of blessing.