The word in Scripture

Poor in the Bible

The word poor appears 205 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The poor are the lowly whom God defends and lifts up. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What poor means in the Bible

The poor are the lowly whom God defends and lifts up.

Where the word poor appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word poor appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.”Psalms 70:5

“Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.”Psalms 109:16

“What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.”Isaiah 3:15

“The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.”Isaiah 29:19

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”Luke 4:18

“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”John 12:5

“For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.”John 13:29

“For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.”Romans 15:26