16 Bible Verses about Shortages
Most Relevant Verses
There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.
Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant
Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
But the stomach of the wicked is in need.
That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.
The Lord will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.
Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They said, “No, nothing.”
and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so.
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
The leech has two daughters,
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:
Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.”