50 Bible Verses About the Poor in Spirit

“However there shall be no poor with you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it)”

“For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.”

“They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.”

“There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,”

“But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.”

“Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.”

“He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.”

““Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.”

“He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;”

“He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.”

“It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.”

“The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.”

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

“A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.”

“A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.”

“The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.”

“For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but to this man will I look, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.”

“So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.”

“Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.”

““Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.Isaiah 57:15; 66:2”

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

“Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.”

““The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” you did it to me.’”

“He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ 1:17 Malachi 4:6 and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.””

“for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.”

““The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted,NU omits “to heal the broken hearted” to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,”

“He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.”

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.”

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.””

“When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.””

“In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’””

“not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”

“Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.”

“in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,”

“as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.”

“how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.”

“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.”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,or, faithfulness”

“with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;”

“Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;”

“Servants,or, Deacons. in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;”

“Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;”

“that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;”

“to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.”

“to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.”

“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

“Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?”

“but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.”

“Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Proverbs 3:34”