22 Bible Verses about Frugality

And when they were filled, he says to his disciples, Gather the fragments remaining over, that nothing should be lost.

And they shall gather all the food of these good years coming, and they shall heap up the grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and they shall watch food in the cities.

And the food was for a deposit to the land, for the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be cut off in the famine.

A treasure desired, and oil in the house of the wise one; and the foolish man will swallow it down.

And he will go and do according to the word of Jehovah: and he will go and dwell by the torrent Cherith which is upon the face of Jordan.

And the ravens bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he will drink from the torrent.

And he will rise and go to Zarephath, and will come to the entrance of the city, and behold there a widow woman gathering wood: and he will call to her, and say, Take now to me a little water in a vessel, and I will drink. And she will go to take, and he will call to her and say, Take now to me a bit of bread in thy hand. And she will say, Jehovah thy God lives, if there is to me a cake, but a handful of flour in a bucket, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold me gathering two woods, and I went to do it for me and for my son, and we shall eat and die.read more.
And Elijah will say to her, Thou shalt not fear; go and do according to thy word: but make to me from thence a little cake at first, and bring forth to me, and for thee and for thy son thou shalt make at last

A woman of grace will obtain honor, and the powerful will obtain riches.

The slothful one shall not ensnare his hunting: and the substance of the active man is precious.

The good shall cause his sons' sons to inherit: and the wealth of him sinning was treasured up for the just.

A man of poverty loving joy: he loving wine and oil shall not be rich.

The crafty saw evil, and he will hide, and the simple passed on and were punished.

Thou shalt not be with those drinking wine to excess, and with squanderers of flesh to them:

For the drunkard and the squanderer shall be dispossessed: and slumber shall clothe with rags.

She viewed the goings of her house, and the bread of sloth she will not eat

And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the remaining of fragments, twelve baskets full.

And all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up that remaining of the fragments seven wicker baskets full.

And she answered and says to him, Yes, Lord: for also the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs.

And there were some displeased in themselves, and saying, For what has been the loss of this perfumed oil?

For this could have been sold for above three hundred drachmas, and have been given to the poor. And they raged against her.

He stealing let him steal no more: and rather let him be wearied from fatigue, working good with the hands, that he have to impart to him having need.

Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.