Bible verses about "poor" | LEB

⁹ He who _⌊is generous_⌋* will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his own bread.

²¹ He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.

⁷ The righteous knows the case of the poor, but the wicked does not understand knowledge.

⁴² Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

²¹ Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give the proceeds* to the poor—and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me."

³³ Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven* where thief does not approach or moth destroy.

¹ And he looked up and* saw the rich putting their gifts into the contribution box, ² and he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two small copper coins.* ³ And he said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all of them. ⁴ For these all put gifts* into the offering out of their abundance, but this woman out of her poverty put in all the means of subsistence that she had."

²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our* God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

¹⁶ And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

³¹ He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.

³⁵ I have shown you with respect to all things that by* working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."*

²⁷ For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but for he* who turns his eyes, there are many curses.

³³ Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven* where thief does not approach or moth destroy. ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

¹⁷ He who lends to Yahweh is he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.