Thematic Bible: Parsimony
Thematic Bible
Parsimony » General references to
Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarius and given to the poor?
He that gives unto the poor shall never lack, but he that hides his eyes from the poor shall have many a curse.
Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard.
Thou hast not brought me the animals of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
a woman came unto him having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat at the table. But when his disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In the tithes and the offerings.
There are those who scatter, and more is added unto them; and there are those who withhold more than is just, but come to poverty.
There is another sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
Parsimony » In withholding offerings
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices, but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins; thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them and that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, had fled each one to his inheritance.
They even shut up the doors of the porch and put out the lamps and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the sanctuary unto the God of Israel.
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In the tithes and the offerings.
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession and defrauded of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Poverty » Contributing causes of sinful » Parsimony
There are those who scatter, and more is added unto them; and there are those who withhold more than is just, but come to poverty.