From Nave’s Topical Bible
Poverty
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 12Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningProverbs 6:11Proverbs 10:15Proverbs 15:16Proverbs 16:8Ecclesiastes 4:6Proverbs 20:13Proverbs 23:21Proverbs 24:33Proverbs 24:34Proverbs 28:19Proverbs 30:8Proverbs 30:9
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The passages, in Bible order (12)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Proverbs 6:11
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Commentary on Proverbs 6:111 voice
"And poverty will come upon you like a traveler," etc. For poverty and misery are the ultimate punishment, in which the damned deserve nothing of wealth: they will come like a traveler, because unforeseen and sudden; like an armed man, because they cannot be conquered …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Commentary on Proverbs 10:152 voices
But riches in themselves are not blameable. For the ransom of a man's life are his riches, for he who gives to the poor, redeems his soul. There is therefore scope for virtue even in these material riches. Ye are as it were pilots, in a great sea. If any man steers well his ship, he quickly passes over the sea, and reaches his haven, but he who cannot manage his property is sunk together with his burthen. Wherefore it is written, The rich man's strength is his strong city.
Ambrose of Milan· Letters 61-70, 397Patristic
The rich man's wealth is his strong city,.... What a fortified city is to persons in time of war, that is a rich man's wealth to him; by it he can defend himself from the injuries of others, and support himself and family in times of public calamity; for money is a defence, and answers all things, Ecc 7:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Commentary on Proverbs 15:161 voice
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, etc. As it is in the psalm: Better is a little that the righteous person has than the riches of many wicked (Ps. XXXVI). It is better, therefore, to lack wealth or even daily sustenance …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 16:8
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
Commentary on Proverbs 16:82 voices
Better is a little with righteousness, etc. And the Lord says, Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God (Matthew V). And again, Woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation (Luke VI). It can also be understood …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
Better is a little with righteousness,.... Gotten in a righteous way, held by a righteous claim, used in a righteous manner, attended with a life of righteousness and holiness; and also along with an interest in the righteousness of Christ, which renders acceptable unto God, yields peace and comfort, and entitles to eternal glory and happiness.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Commentary on Proverbs 20:131 voice
Do not love sleep, etc. Do not love the sleep of sin and slothfulness, about which the Apostle says, "It is high time to awake out of sleep" (Rom. XIII); lest, if you do not wish to be vigilant now, you be overtaken by that …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Commentary on Proverbs 23:211 voice
And dressed in rags will be the sluggard. For his death will find him despicable and devoid of all good works, as his languor occupied him here in seeking the crimes of another's life through slander.
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Commentary on Proverbs 24:331 voice
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 24:34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Commentary on Proverbs 24:341 voice
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,.... Swiftly and suddenly, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; See Gill on Pro 6:11; and thy want as an armed man; irresistibly. Here ends according to some the "second", according to others the "third" part of this book of Proverbs, another beginning with the following chapter.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 28:19
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:191 voice
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 30:8
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Commentary on Proverbs 30:81 voice
Therefore, pay attention to yourself, poor man, pay attention, wealthy man; because there are trials in both poverty and riches. And therefore the Wise Man says: Do not give me riches or poverty, give me only what is sufficient for me. Because riches, like feasts, stretch the stomach and the mind with worries and anxieties. And therefore he asks to be established with what is necessary and sufficient: Lest, he says, being filled, I become a liar and say: Who sees me? But if I become poor, I will commit theft and swear in the name of the Lord (Ibid.).
Ambrose of Milan· The Six Days of Creation, 397Patristic
- Proverbs 30:9
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
Commentary on Proverbs 30:92 voices
Therefore, pay attention to yourself, poor man, pay attention, wealthy man; because there are trials in both poverty and riches. And therefore the Wise Man says: Do not give me riches or poverty, give me only what is sufficient for me. Because riches, like feasts, stretch the stomach and the mind with worries and anxieties. And therefore he asks to be established with what is necessary and sufficient: Lest, he says, being filled, I become a liar and say: Who sees me? But if I become poor, I will commit theft and swear in the name of the Lord (Ibid.).
Ambrose of Milan· The Six Days of Creation, 397Patristic
Lest I be full, and deny thee,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:61 voice
"Better is one handful of pleasantness than two fistfuls of labour and vexation of the spirit." It is better to have modest power, than great riches of sins. And in Proverbs it says, "To receive a little through righteousness is better than gaining much by injustice." [Prov. 16, 8.] Justice rightly has rest, injustice toil. And since a single number is always seen in a good context and a dual seen as wickedness, therefore one fist has rest, and two hands are full of toil.
Jerome· Commentary on Ecclesiastes, 420Patristic