16 Bible Verses about Shortages
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There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.
Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place.
But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
And he said to them, When I sent you without purse and scrip and sandals, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.
And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked,) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself.
Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me I have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself.
But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenixes of barley for a denarius: and do not injure the oil and the wine.
The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.