Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Poverty’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Poverty’ occurs 16 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 41:52 Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, “God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty.”Genesis 41:52
Number of the word / term Poverty in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 25:39 If your brother, having been compelled by poverty, will have sold himself to you, you shall not oppress him with the servitude of indentured servants.Leviticus 25:39
Number of the word / term Poverty in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 15:7 If one of your brothers, who dwells within the gates of your city, in the land which the Lord your God will give to you, falls into poverty, you shall not harden your heart, nor tighten your hand.Deuteronomy 15:7
Number of the word / term Poverty in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 22:14 Behold, in my poverty I have prepared the expenses for the house of the Lord: one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one million of talents of silver. Yet truly, there is no measuring the brass and the iron. For their magnitude is beyond numbering. And I have prepared the timber and the stones for the entire project.1 Chronicles 22:14
Number of the word / term Poverty in 1 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Job
Job 20:10 His sons will be worn away by poverty, and his own hands will deliver his grief to him.Job 20:10
Job 30:3 They were barren from poverty and hunger; they gnawed in solitude, layered with misfortune and misery.Job 30:3
Job 36:8 And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,Job 36:8
Number of the word / term Poverty in Job: 3
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 31:10 For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.Psalm 31:10
Psalm 107:10 those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.Psalm 107:10
Number of the word / term Poverty in Psalm: 2
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 6:11 and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you.Proverbs 6:11
Number of the word / term Poverty in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.Isaiah 48:10
Number of the word / term Poverty in Isaiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 3:1 ALEPH. I am a man watching my own poverty by the rod of his indignation.Lamentations 3:1
Lamentations 3:19 ZAIN. Remember my poverty and my transgression, the wormwood and the gall.Lamentations 3:19
Number of the word / term Poverty in Lamentations: 2
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 8:2 For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness of their simplicity.2 Corinthians 8:2
2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that through his poverty, you might become rich.2 Corinthians 8:9
Number of the word / term Poverty in 2 Corinthians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Poverty’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 2:9 I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich, and that you are blasphemed by those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, but who are a synagogue of Satan.Revelation 2:9
Number of the word / term ‘Poverty’ in Revelation: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 16
