Thematic Bible: Parsimony


Thematic Bible



"Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" Verse ConceptsDenariusMoney, Uses OfOintmentWagesGiving To The PoorWorthValueFeeding The Poor



You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions. Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodTithesBringing In The TitheTithes And Offeringcheaters


There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, Verse ConceptsBad SituationsMisersHoardingStoring Treasure On EarthUnder The SunTragedy

You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities. Verse ConceptsFatnessGod, Patience OfOffencePlantsSweetnessFat Of The SacrificesGod Growing Weary

I also found out that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each to his field. Verse ConceptsNeglectChoirsTithesAgricultureTithes And OfferingFarming

They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsShutting Doors

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions. Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodTithesBringing In The TitheTithes And Offeringcheaters

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.


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