Quotes about Poverty
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
— 1 Samuel 2:8
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
— Job 5:5
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
— Job 5:16
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
— Job 20:19
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
— Job 24:3
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
— Job 24:4
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
— Job 24:5
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
— Job 24:7
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
— Job 24:9
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
— Job 24:10
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
— Job 30:3
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
— Job 31:16