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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He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
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Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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You have not brought Me the lamb of your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.
a woman came to Him, having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head as He reclined. But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!
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There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.
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There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for their owners to their hurt.
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Parsimony » In withholding offerings
You have bought Me no sweet cane with silver, nor have you filled 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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And I saw that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them; for the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each one to his field.
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Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the sanctuary to the God of Israel.
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Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!
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And a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the price, his wife also knowing, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Poverty » Contributing causes of sinful » Parsimony
There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.
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