22 Bible Verses about Frugality
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And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather the remaining fragments so that nothing is lost."
Then let them gather all the food of these coming good years and let them pile up grain under the hand of Pharaoh [for] food in the cities, and let them keep [it].
Then the food shall be as a deposit for the land for the seven years of the famine that will be in the land of Egypt, that the land will not perish on account of the famine."
Precious treasure and oil [are] in the house of the wise, but the foolish person will devour them.
So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh. He went and stayed in the Wadi Kerith {which faces the Jordan}.
The crows [were] bringing bread and meat in the morning for him and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.
So he arose and went to Zarephath and came to the gate of the city. There [was] a widow woman gathering wood, so he called to her, and he said, "Please bring a little water for me in a vessel so that I can drink." She went to fetch [it], and he called to her and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand." She said, "{As Yahweh your God lives}, surely I do not have a cake, {but only a handful of flour} in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I [am] gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die."read more.
Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do according to your word; only make for me a small bread cake from it first, and bring it out to me. Make it for yourself and for your son afterward.
He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.
A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them
She looks after the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she will not eat.
And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.
But she answered and said to him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
But some were expressing indignation to one another: "Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil?
For this perfumed oil could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor!" And they began to scold her.
The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.
Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.
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Frugality » Instances of » The provisions made by the egyptians against famine
And he gathered all the food of the seven years which [occurred] in the land of Egypt. And he stored the food in the cities. The food of the field that surrounded [each] city he stored in its midst. And Joseph piled up grain like the sand of the sea in great abundance until he stopped counting [it], for {it could not be counted}.
And the seven years of abundance which [were] in the land of Egypt came to an end. And the seven years of famine began to come as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all of the countries, but in the land of Egypt there was food.
Frugality » Instances of » The gathering of manna
And the {Israelites} did so, and they gathered, some more and some less. And [when] they measured with the omer, the one gathering more had no surplus, and the one gathering less had no lack; they gathered {each according to what he could eat}.
And when it was the sixth day, they gathered twice [as much] bread, two omers for one [person], and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses. And he said to them, "This is what Yahweh has said. Tomorrow [is] a rest period, a holy Sabbath for Yahweh. Bake what you [want to] bake, and boil what you [want to] boil. Put aside all the surplus for yourselves for safekeeping until the morning." And they put it aside until the morning, as Moses had commanded, and it did not make a stench, and not a maggot was in it.
