POVERTY
(See also Homeless)
(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)
abolition: mrt article 108; w15 10/1 16; g 9/15 15; w11 6/1 7-8; g 5/07 9-10; w06 5/1 7; w05 5/15 4, 7; g05 11/8 7, 10; w03 3/15 32; w03 8/1 6-7; g98 6/8 11; w95 5/1 3-4, 6-7; g88 12/22 6-8; tp 99-101
obstacles: g98 6/8 4-7
attitude toward being poor: w97 11/15 9-10
avoiding love of money: mwb23.11 7; w89 12/15 19
begging: it-1 278-279
Bible examples:
apostle Paul: w90 11/15 5-7
Christians in first century: w09 9/1 5
faithful Israelites: w09 9/1 8
Jesus: w09 9/1 4
Joseph and Mary: w18.11 24; w09 1/1 5; w09 9/1 4; w03 12/15 4-5; w00 2/15 12
Bible view: it-2 652; g 9/15 14-15; g 2/13 14-15; g 5/07 7-9; w05 5/15 6-7; g03 1/8 26-27; g98 6/8 8-11; rs 120; g88 12/22 6-8; w87 9/15 30-31
Christians not expected to give up all possessions (Mr 10:21): cf 7
congregational assistance: od 128; g 2/13 14; w01 6/15 10-11; om 122-123
contributions by poor: w13 12/15 15
helping the poor: scl 14; od 126-128; it-1 939-940; it-2 653; w06 5/1 4-7; w01 6/15 9-12; om 122-123; g88 12/22 6; w87 5/15 29; w86 10/15 10-21
Jesus’ concern for poor: it-2 653; w06 5/1 4-5; w05 5/15 6
“keep the poor in mind” (Ga 2:10): w12 11/15 8; w06 5/1 5
loans to poor people: w98 10/15 18; w89 9/15 29
not sign of God’s disapproval: w09 9/1 8
priority of preaching work: w06 5/1 6-7
“sell your belongings and give to the poor” (Mt 19:21): mrt article 36
“showing favor to the poor” (Pr 14:31): w05 9/15 14-15
whether stealing is justified: w10 3/1 12-14; w05 5/15 5; w98 1/15 18; g97 11/8 18-19; w90 11/15 4-7; w89 12/15 29
witnessing to the poor: km 10/07 1
“you always have the poor with you” (Mt 26:11; Mr 14:7): mrt article 36; w15 6/15 5; w05 11/1 6-7; w99 9/15 5; g98 6/8 8-9
cardinal approves looting by poor (Brazil): g98 11/8 28
comfort for victims of economic ruin: mrt article 36; w03 5/1 22
contributing factors: it-2 652; w11 6/1 6; g 5/07 4-6; g95 9/22 28
smoking: g05 4/8 29
coping with poverty: g 5/07 8; w05 5/15 5-7; w03 8/1 4-6; la 7; w97 9/15 3-7; fy 41-42; w95 5/1 6; w95 8/1 4-6; w90 4/1 15; w90 11/15 3-7; gm 172-174
avoiding compromises: mwb23.11 7
cleanliness: fy 48-49
keeping spiritual interests first: w05 5/15 5-6; w98 1/15 17-18
poor sell own organs: g93 1/22 28; g91 3/8 29
providing for family: w14 4/15 23-24; g98 5/22 18-20; w96 10/1 29-31
value of spiritual routine: w22.11 15-16
value of true worship: mwb21.07 5; g88 9/8 22-23; g87 11/8 11
whether to emigrate: mwb25.09 3; g 5/07 10
youths: yp2 164-170; g92 1/22 18-20; g92 2/22 25-27
discussion: it-2 652-653; w11 6/1 2-8; g 5/07 2-10; w05 5/15 3-7; g05 11/8 3-10; w03 8/1 3-7; w95 5/1 3-7
effects: w11 6/1 3-4; g98 6/8 3; g97 1/8 4-5
on environment: g98 6/8 6; g98 6/22 28
on health: g99 9/22 19; g98 6/8 5; g97 11/22 5-6; g96 2/22 9; g96 3/8 29; g95 4/8 4-5; g95 12/22 28
on medical care: g98 11/22 10; g96 9/22 13
encouragement for poor: w03 9/1 32
examples:
widow with five young children: w10 3/1 12-14
Witness widow returns lost valuables: yb10 46
experiences: w97 9/15 4-7
beggars: w00 1/1 4; w00 3/15 31
couple in war zone: w05 5/15 5
feelings of inferiority overcome: ijwcl article 7
keeping spiritual interests first: g 5/07 8
mother about to kill child: yb03 209-210
mother of two abandoned by husband: w09 9/1 10-11
mother with six children: w90 11/15 7
poor man who became rich (ancient Greece): w98 5/15 4-5
serving where need is greater: w90 5/1 11-12
takes publications from dump: yb15 66-67, 69
thief and drug dealer: ijwcl article 14
West African father: w95 8/1 5-6
widow in Asia: w90 4/1 15; gm 173-174
youths: g92 1/22 20
exploitation of poor nations:
waste dumping: g95 11/22 4-7
failure of human efforts to abolish: w11 6/1 4-6; g 5/07 5-6; g04 3/22 6-7
contrast with money spent on Olympics: g97 4/8 29
foreign aid: w11 6/1 5-6; g92 11/22 28
gap between rich and poor: g 10/07 30; g05 11/8 4-6; g04 6/8 28; w03 8/1 3-4; g02 5/22 7, 10; g00 1/8 28; g00 2/8 31; g99 7/22 31; g97 1/8 5; g97 6/22 28; g96 1/22 28; g92 11/8 28
efforts to reduce: w03 8/1 4; g99 7/22 31
happiness despite: g 9/15 14
housing: g05 9/22 3-9, 11-12
homelessness: g05 12/8 6
life expectancy in rich and poor lands: g05 11/8 5
not judging others by: w18.08 10-11
prevalence: g 5/07 3; w06 5/1 3-4; w03 3/15 32; w03 8/1 3-4; g00 4/8 29; g98 6/8 3; g98 6/22 28; w97 4/15 6; g97 2/8 31; g97 4/22 28; g97 11/8 18; g97 12/22 29; g96 1/22 28; g96 3/8 29; w95 8/1 3-4; g95 9/22 28; w93 4/1 9; g91 2/8 29; g90 9/22 28; w86 4/15 16-17; g86 7/8 24
cities: w05 5/15 3; g05 11/22 6; g04 6/22 29; g87 5/8 5-6
developed lands: g99 3/22 28
UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006): g98 6/8 4
UN Human Development Report 1998: g99 7/22 31
UN International Year of the Homeless (1987): g87 7/8 21
video How Our Brothers Are Enjoying Peace Despite Economic Problems: mwb23.11 7
why permitted: w05 5/15 4-5
women: g98 4/8 4, 8
world’s poorest nations: g98 6/8 7; g95 9/8 29
List by Place
Africa: w17.11 24; w97 9/15 4; g95 4/22 31
Asia: g95 11/22 3
Australia:
child poverty: g89 9/8 28-29
Brazil:
child labor: g93 3/8 29
developing nations: g98 6/8 3-7; g95 11/22 3; w90 11/15 3-5, 7; g90 6/8 29; w88 4/15 11; g87 11/8 4-5
urban poor: g92 10/8 10-13
European Community: g93 3/8 28
Israel (ancient): it-2 652-653, 805; w86 10/15 11-12
first century: it-2 652-653
gleaning by poor: it-1 963; nwt 1699; w11 2/1 15; w06 6/15 22-23; w03 12/1 17; w88 7/1 9
loans to poor: it-2 648; w17.09 9
obligation to assist poor: it-2 653
protection from poverty: it-2 652; w11 6/1 6; g98 6/8 9
provisions for poor: cl 255-256; mwb21.07 4; w18.01 32; it-1 939, 1040; it-2 598, 652-653; w11 2/1 15; w05 5/15 6; w03 12/1 17; w01 6/15 9-10
sacrifices by poor: w13 6/15 15-16
Latin America: g91 2/8 29
Mexico:
visit of John Paul II: g90 11/8 13
Sierra Leone:
poor Witnesses: yb14 162-165
United States: g92 1/8 29
children: g92 12/22 29
“near poor”: g 5/07 3
Quotations
more desperately poor people than ever: g90 8/8 31
poor man needs hope more than bread: w90 11/15 7
undermining cohesion of societies: w93 4/1 9