Poverty: General Scriptures Concerning

Scripture references

• Pro 6:11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
• Pro 10:15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin
• Pro 15:16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with
• Pro 16:8 Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
• Ecc 4:6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit
• Pro 20:13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will
• Pro 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness
• Pro 24:33, 34 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to
• Pro 28:19 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases
• Pro 30:8, 9 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty