22 Bible Verses about Frugality
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When they were completely satisfied, Jesus told his disciples, "Collect the pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted."
Let them collect all the food during the coming fruitful years, store up the grain in cities governed by Pharaoh's authority, and place it under guard.
Let the food be kept in reserve to feed the land for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout Egypt, so the people don't die during the famine."
Precious treasures and oil are found where the wise live, but a foolish man devours them.
So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.
Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
So he got up and went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the entrance to the city, a widow was there gathering sticks. So he asked her, "Please, may I have some water in a cup so I can have a drink." While she was on her way to get the water, he called out to her, "Would you please also bring me a piece of bread while you're at it?" "As the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have so much as a muffin, just a handful of flour in a bowl and some oil left in a bottle. Now I'm going to find some sticks so I can cook a last meal for my son and for me. Then we're going to eat it and die."read more.
But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son,
The lazy person does not roast what he has hunted, but diligence is one's most important possession.
A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous.
The prudent person sees trouble ahead and hides, but the naive continue on and suffer the consequences.
because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
All of them ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
All of them ate until they were filled, then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces seven baskets full.
But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the puppies under the table eat some of the children's crumbs."
Irritated, some who were there asked one another, "Why was the perfume wasted like this?
This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.
The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but whoever works diligently increases his prosperity.
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Frugality » Instances of » The provisions made by the egyptians against famine
Joseph collected the surplus food throughout the land of Egypt, storing food in cities; that is, he gathered the food from fields that surrounded every city and stored it there. Joseph stored up so much grain like sand on the seashore in so much abundance! that he stopped keeping records because it was proving to be impossible to measure how much they were gathering.
As soon as the seven years of abundance throughout the land of Egypt ended, the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. It was an international famine, but there was food everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
Frugality » Instances of » The gathering of manna
The Israelis did this, some gathering much, some little. When they measured it with a vessel the capacity of which was one omer, the one who gathered much did not have an excess, while the one who gathered little did not lack. They gathered exactly what each needed to eat.
On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, about two omers per person. Then all the leaders of the congregation came and reported to Moses, and he told them, "This is what the LORD said: "Tomorrow is a Sabbath observance, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and put aside whatever remains to be kept for yourselves until morning.'" So they put it away until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not smell bad, and there were no maggots in it.
