Sacred Concord

Bible on Poverty

305 passages in the Bible address poverty, in the King James Version translation.

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luke 4:25 · Bible · Luke
Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Luke 20:47 · Bible · Luke
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:8 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
1 Timothy 5:16 · Bible · 1 Timothy
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
Hebrews 7:7 · Bible · Hebrews
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