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Want to know what the Bible says about Poor? Here are 264 Bible verses about Poor from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Jeremiah 20:13 NIV
Sing to the Lord!
    Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues the life of the needy
    from the hands of the wicked.
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Proverbs 31:8 NIV
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
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Psalm 41:1-3 NIV
41 Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
    the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
2 The Lord protects and preserves them—
    they are counted among the blessed in the land—
    he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
3 The Lord sustains them on their sickbed
    and restores them from their bed of illness.
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Proverbs 13:8 NIV
A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.
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Proverbs 15:16 NIV
Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.
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Acts 24:17 NIV
“After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings.
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2 Corinthians 6:10 NIV
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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Psalm 72:3-4 NIV
3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the afflicted among the people
    and save the children of the needy;
    may he crush the oppressor.
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Psalm 72:12-13 NIV
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
    the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy
    and save the needy from death.
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Psalm 37:16 NIV
Better the little that the righteous have
    than the wealth of many wicked;
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