Poverty: General Scriptures Concerning
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Proverbs 6:11
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Proverbs 16:8
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Proverbs 24:33, 34
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, / and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Proverbs 28:19
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Proverbs 30:8, 9
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. / Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.