The poor do not have the same needs as we have...

... but they would if they could afford it.

I'll fight

While women weep as they do now, I’ll fight; while little children go hungry as they do now, I’ll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I’ll fight; while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl on the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll fight—I’ll fight to the very end.”

William Booth of The Salvation Army

God on poverty

He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.

God in Proverbs (NIV)

God on poverty

He who gives to the poor will lack nothing

God in Proverbs (NIV)

God on poverty

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honours God.

God in Proverbs (NIV)

God on poverty

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

God in Psalms (NIV)

Your responsibility

You are responsible for how you act in every encounter with the poor.