16 Bible Verses about Shortages
Most Relevant Verses
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.
Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.
Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
And he said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.
and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and'so will I keep myself .
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.
But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying , Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea , four that say not, Enough:
Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
