Poverty in Proverbs
11 verses in Proverbs.
Proverbs 6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 10:15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs 28:22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Proverbs 31:7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.