16 Bible Verses about Shortages
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There is who scattereth, and increaseth yet more, and who withholdeth of what is due, only to come to want.
Better slighted, and have a servant, than to honour oneself, and come short of bread.
The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.
By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.
The righteous, eateth to satisfy his appetite, but, the belly of the lawless, shall want.
Lest I be full, and deny, and say - Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.
Terrible will Yahweh be against them, for he hath caused to waste away all the gods of the earth, that men may bow down to him, every one from his place, all the coastlands of the nations:
And, when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine throughout that country, - and, he, began to be in want.
And he said unto them - When I sent you forth, without purse or satchel or sandals, of anything, came ye short? And, they, said - Of nothing!
And, being present with you, and having come short, I was not burdensome to anyone, - for, my deficiency, the brethren, coming from Macedonia, helped to make up; - and, in everything, without burden unto you, I kept, myself - and will keep!
Not that, as to coming short, I am speaking, for, I, have learned, in whatsoever circumstances I am, to be, independent:
But, whoso hath this world's goods, and beholdeth his brother having, need, and shutteth up his tender affections from him, how, is, the love of God, abiding in him?
And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying - A quart of wheat for, a denary, and three quarts of barley, for a denary, - and, the oil and the wine, do not wrong.
The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!
Hades, and barrenness, - A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough!
