Thematic Bible: Parsimony
Thematic Bible
Parsimony » General references to
“Why wasn’t this fragrant oil sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?”
will not be in need,
but one who turns his eyes away
will receive many curses.
will himself also call out and not be answered.
or honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings
or wearied you with incense.
a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive fragrant oil. She poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table. When the disciples saw it, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”
You ask: “How do we rob You?”
“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
You ask: “How do we rob You?”
“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.
There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Parsimony » In withholding offerings
or satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened Me with your sins;
you have wearied Me
I also found out that because the portions for the Levites had not been given, each of the Levites and the singers performing the service had gone back to his own field.
They also closed the doors of the portico, extinguished the lamps, did not burn incense, and did not offer burnt offerings in the holy place of the God of Israel.
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”
You ask: “How do we rob You?”
“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
You ask: “How do we rob You?”
“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
But a man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property. However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife's knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Poverty » Contributing causes of sinful » Parsimony
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.