If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.

Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”

Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them. The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.

What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.

Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

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.

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.