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Found 28 Verses (from 11)

Leviticus 25:10

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Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan. NIV
And you shall hallow the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his ancestral possession [which through poverty he was compelled to sell], and each of you shall return to his family [from whom he was separated in bond service]. AMP
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. KJV

Leviticus 25:35

Bible Rank: 16,139
"If any of your own people 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." NIV
And if your [Israelite] brother has become poor and his hand wavers [from poverty, sickness, or age and he is unable to support himself], then you shall uphold (strengthen, relieve) him, [treating him with the courtesy and consideration that you would] a stranger or a temporary resident with you [without property], so that he may live [along] with you. [I John 3:17.] AMP
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. KJV

Proverbs 11:24

Bible Rank: 17,041
One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. NIV
There are those who [generously] scatter abroad, and yet increase more; there are those who withhold more than is fitting or what is justly due, but it results only in want. AMP
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. KJV

Proverbs 10:4

Bible Rank: 17,165
Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. NIV
He becomes poor who works with a slack and idle hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. AMP
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. KJV

Luke 21:4

Bible Rank: 17,343
"All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." NIV
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. KJV

Proverbs 30:8

Bible Rank: 17,346
Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. NIV
Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, AMP
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: KJV

Proverbs 22:16

Bible Rank: 17,430
Those who oppress the poor to increase their wealth and those who give gifts to the rich – both come to poverty. NIV
He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the rich--both will surely come to want. AMP
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. KJV

Proverbs 21:5

Bible Rank: 17,489
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. NIV
The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty hastens only to want. AMP
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. KJV

Mark 12:44

Bible Rank: 18,630
"They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything – all she had to live on." NIV
For they all threw in out of their abundance; but she, out of her deep poverty, has put in everything that she had--[even] all she had on which to live. AMP
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. KJV

Mark 12:43

Bible Rank: 18,902
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others." NIV
And He called His disciples [to Him] and said to them, Truly and surely I tell you, this widow, [she who is] poverty-stricken, has put in more than all those contributing to the treasury. AMP
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: KJV

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