Thematic Bible: Parsimony
Thematic Bible
Parsimony » General references to
"Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"
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Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
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Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
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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.
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One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
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There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
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Parsimony » In withholding offerings
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.
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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.
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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.
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Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions.
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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.
Poverty » Contributing causes of sinful » Parsimony
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
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