Thematic Bible: Parsimony
Thematic Bible
Parsimony » General references to
“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”
But he who
Will also cry himself and not be
Nor have you
I have not
Nor wearied you with
a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why this waste?
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
Parsimony » In withholding offerings
Nor have you
Rather you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have
I also discovered that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers who performed the service had gone away, each to his own field.
They have also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife's full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles' feet.
Poverty » Contributing causes of sinful » Parsimony
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.