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=The Bible's views on poverty Group 12=

There are references in the Bible to the fact that God's children should never live in poverty. In Isaiah 65, when God is talking about 'a new earth', he describes this ideal Jerusalem where no-one is poor and has need of nothing other than what they have, "Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years". People who follow the teachings of God are therefore supposed to live free from poverty.

The Bible generally does not talk about helping others in terms of poverty, apart from once "If one part suffers, all the other parts suffer with it". This is one of the very few instructions to help others in their suffering, although it is heavily disguised as Christ making reference to his body. That said, the body could be symbolising the community of christians. All in all, the bible seems to urge aid, but only to people within its own community.