What Does the Bible Say About Poverty?
Key Scriptures and spiritual guidance on poverty
聖書は貧困について多くの場所で言及しています。神は貧しい人々を気遣い、彼らに助けを与えるように私たちに呼びかけています。また、貧困を取り巻く様々な問題についても警告しており、その原因として弱者の搾取や富の偏在を挙げています。聖書は私たちに優しさと共に貧しい人々を助けるように促しており、彼らに対する思いやりを忘れないようにしています。
Bible Verses About Poverty
Proverbs 22:9
“A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.”
Proverbs 19:17
“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.”
Luke 12:33
“Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.”
James 2:5
“Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?”
Psalm 82:3-4
“Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
Proverbs 14:31
“Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.”
Matthew 19:21
“Jesus said to him, 'If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.'”
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