22 Bible Verses about Frugality
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And when they were filled, He said to His disciples, Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing is lost.
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
That food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt, so that the land does not perish through the famine.
A desirable treasure and oil are in the home of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
So he went and did according to the Word of Jehovah. For he went and lived by the torrent Cherith, before Jordan.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
And he arose and went to Zarephath, and came in to the entrance of the city, and, behold, the widow was gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Please, bring me a little water in a vessel so that I may drink. And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, Please, bring me a piece of bread in your hand. And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a jar. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, so that we may eat it and die.read more.
And Elijah said to her, Do not fear, go. Do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it, and bring it to me. And then make for you and for your son.
The lazy one does not start after his game, but the wealth of a hard worker is precious.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his sons' sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
A prudent one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
Do not be among those who drink much wine, among gluttons for flesh for themselves,
for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe a man 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 filled. And they took up twelve hand baskets full from the fragments that remained.
And they all ate, and were filled; and they took up seven lunch baskets full of the pieces that was left.
And she answered and said to Him, Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
And some were indignant to themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and be given to the poor. And they were incensed with her.
Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, so that he may have something to give to him who needs.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.
From Thematic Bible
Frugality » Instances of » The provisions made by the egyptians against famine
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and he put food in the cities. He put the food of the field which was around every city; he put it in among it. And Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he quit numbering it; for it was without number.
And the seven years of plenty that was in the land of Egypt ended. And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Frugality » Instances of » The gathering of manna
And the sons of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, and some less. And when they measured with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little lacked nothing. They gathered each one according to his eating.
And it happened, on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. And he said to them, This is that which Jehovah has said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath to Jehovah. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil. And that which remains over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up until the morning, as Moses said. And it did not stink, neither was there any worm in it.
