Thursday 25 August 2011

POVERTY


For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
(Psalm 9:18)

  Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
(Psalm 10:14)

  For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
(Psalm 12:5)

 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
(Psalm 22:26)

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
(Psalm 34:5,6)

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
(Psalm 37:18,19)


  But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
(Psalm 40:17)
  He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
(Psalm 102:17)
  Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
(Psalm 107:8,9)


  Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
(Psalm 107:41)


  For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
(Psalm 109:31)


  The LORD is gracious and full of compassion. He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
(Psalm 111:4b,5)


  The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
(Psalm 145:14-17)


  He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
(Proverbs 28:19)


  But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
(Isaiah 11:4)


Popular Bible Quotes
   But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
--Job 5:15
  For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
--Psalm 69:33
  For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
--Psalm 72:12-13
  I will satisfy her poor with bread.
--Psalm 132:15
  Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?.
--James 2:5