22 Bible Verses about Frugality

When they were filled, He *said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost.”

Then let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up the grain for food in the cities under Pharaoh’s authority, and let them guard it.

Let the food become as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine.”

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man swallows it up.

So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.” As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.” But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”read more.
Then Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son.

A gracious woman attains honor,
And ruthless men attain riches.

A lazy man does not roast his prey,
But the precious possession of a man is diligence.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
But the naive go on, and are punished for it.

Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.

and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full.

But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”

But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But the one who gathers by labor increases it.