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Want to know what the Bible says about Jesus And The Poor? Here are 250 Bible verses about Jesus And The 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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Proverbs 31:8-9 NIV
8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
9 Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.
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Matthew 5:3 NIV
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
405
Matthew 26:11 NIV
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.
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Isaiah 61:1 NIV
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,
384
Matthew 25:40 NIV
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
383
Psalm 35:10 NIV
My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you, Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,
    the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
367
Psalm 12:5 NIV
“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,
    I will now arise, ” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
367
Matthew 5:42 NIV
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
349
Isaiah 25:4 NIV
You have been a refuge for the poor,
    a refuge for the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the storm
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless
    is like a storm driving against a wall
349
Luke 3:11 NIV
John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”
343
Leviticus 19:15 NIV
“‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
339
Proverbs 17:5 NIV
Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;
    whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
337
Deuteronomy 15:10-11 NIV
10 Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. 11 There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.
329
James 1:27 NIV
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
327
Luke 6:38 NIV
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
324
Leviticus 25:35 NIV
“‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.
320
Isaiah 58:10 NIV
and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.
316
Deuteronomy 15:10 NIV
Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.
315
Psalm 9:18 NIV
But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
314
1 Samuel 2:8 NIV
He raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.
“For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.
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