'Need' in the Bible

And Esau said, "Let me leave some of my people with you." But he said, "{What need is there}? Let me find favor in the eyes of my lord."

But you shall certainly open your hand for him, and {you shall willingly lend} [to] him enough to meet his need, {whatever it is}.

And also, the Levites do not [need] to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."

And we ourselves will cut trees from Lebanon according to all your need, and we will bring them to you on rafts over the sea to Joppa, so that you may bring them up to Jerusalem."

[There will be] no [need] for you to fight in this [battle]. Take your stand! Stand and see the deliverance of Yahweh among you, O Judah and Jerusalem! Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out before them and Yahweh [will be] with you.'"

And he said to the Levites who [were] teaching all Israel, who were sanctified to Yahweh, "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. There is no [need] to carry it on [your] shoulders. Now serve Yahweh your God and his people Israel.

And the singers, the descendants of Asaph, [were] at their stations according to the decree of David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the seer of the king. And the gatekeepers [were] at {each gate}. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites had made preparations for them.

Forty years you sustained them in the desert--they were not in need. Their clothing did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

I and my people have been sold to be destroyed and killed, to be annihilated. If we had been sold as male and female slaves I would have kept quiet, because this is not a need sufficient to trouble the king."

You need not fear [the] terror of [the] night, [or the] arrow [that] flies by day,

There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.

Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the king, Nebuchadnezzar, "We have no need on this matter {to present a defense to you}.

But John tried to prevent him, saying, "{I need} to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows {what you need} before you ask him.

for the pagans seek after all these [things]. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these [things].

And [when he] heard [it], he said, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}.

But Jesus said to them, "They do not {need} to go away. You give them [something] to eat."

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Then the high priest tore his robes, saying, "He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have just now heard the blasphemy!

And [when] Jesus heard [it], he said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say 'The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.'"

And the high priest tore his clothes [and] said, "What further need do we have of witnesses?

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}.

But [when] the crowds found out, they followed him, and welcoming them, he began to speak to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who had need of healing.

For all the nations of the world seek after these [things], and your Father knows that you need these [things].

I tell you that in the [same] way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

And [after] he had spent everything, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying [it]?' you will say this: 'The Lord has need of it.'"

So they said, 'The Lord has need of it.'

And they said, "Why do we have need [of] further testimony? For [we] ourselves have heard [it] from his mouth!"

and because he did not {need} anyone {to testify} about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)

Now we know that you know everything and do not {need for} anyone to ask you [questions]. By this we believe that you have come from God."

And they began selling [their] possessions and property, and distributing these [things] to all, to the degree that anyone had need.

and placing [them] at the feet of the apostles. And it was being distributed to each as anyone had need.

So, brothers, select from among you seven men {of good reputation}, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we will put in charge of this need.

I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

in order that you may welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever task she may have need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, even me myself.

Now the eye is not able to say to the hand, "I do not have need of you," or again, the head to the feet, "I do not have need of you."

but our presentable [parts] do not have need [of this]. Yet God composed the body by giving more abundant honor to the part which lacked [it],

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or [do we], like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

At the present time your abundance [will be] for their need, in order that their abundance may also be for your need, so that there may be equality,

now I ask [when I] am present [that I will] not [need] to be bold with the confidence [with] which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.

And [when I] was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep [myself from being a burden].

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.

{No rotten word must proceed} from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,

But I considered [it] necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your messenger and servant of my need,

Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever [circumstances] I am.

because even in Thessalonica {on more than one occasion} you sent for my need.

And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

for from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.

But concerning brotherly love, I do not have need to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

so that you may live decently toward those outside, and may have need of nothing.

Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need [of anything] to be written to you,

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.

Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.

Thus if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for on the basis of it the people received the law, what further need [is there] for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek and not said to be according to the order of Aaron?

who does not {need every day} like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins [and] then for the [sins] of the people, because he did this once for all [when he] offered up himself.

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

And [as for] you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not have need that anyone teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all [things], and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you reside in him.

But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need} and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?

Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon, that they shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp [is] the Lamb.

And night will not exist [any] longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp and the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give light to them, and they will reign {forever and ever}.