16 Bible Verses about Shortages

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Proverbs 11:24

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.

Proverbs 12:9

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Proverbs 30:9

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.

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;

Zephaniah 2:11

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.

Luke 15:14

But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.

Luke 22:35

And he said to them, When I sent you without purse and scrip and sandals, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.

2 Corinthians 11:9

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.

Philippians 4:11

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.

Revelation 6:6

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.

Proverbs 30:15

The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

Proverbs 30:16

Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.

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