'Lack' in the Bible

If five of the fifty righteous are lacking, will You destroy the entire city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find [at least] forty-five [righteous people] there, I will not destroy it.”

So the sons of Israel came [to Egypt] to buy grain along with the others who were coming, for famine was in the land of Canaan also.

When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered a large amount had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered according to his need (family size).

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate [due to lack of attention] and the [wild] animals of the field do not become too numerous for you.

If she cannot afford a lamb then she shall take two turtledoves or young pigeons, one as a burnt offering, the other as a sin offering; the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

As for those who are left of you, I will bring despair (lack of courage, weakness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a scattered leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as if [running] from the sword, and will fall even when no one is chasing them.

a land where you will eat bread without shortage, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

Yet we have both straw and feed for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything.”

“The lion perishes for lack of prey,And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

“Who provides prey for the ravenWhen its young cry to GodAnd wander about without food?

The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me],I shall not want.

Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,Otherwise they will not come near to you.

The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.

He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.

In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,But in a lack of people is a [pretentious] prince’s ruin.

For lack of wood the fire goes out,And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.

The heart of her husband trusts in her [with secure confidence],And he will have no lack of gain.

Let your clothes always be white [with purity], and do not let the oil [of gladness] be lacking on your head.

Seek from the book of the Lord, and read:Not one of these [creatures] will be missing;None will lack its mate.For His mouth has commanded,And His Spirit has gathered them.

“They have planted wheat but have reaped thorns;They have exhausted themselves but without profit.So be ashamed of your harvestBecause of the fierce and raging anger of the Lord.”

because bread and water will be scarce; and they will look at one another in dismay and waste away [in punishment] for their wickedness.

Because of the transgression [of God’s people—their irreverence and ungodliness] the host will be given over to the wicked horn, along with the regular sacrifice; and righteousness and truth will be flung to the ground, and the horn will do as it pleases [by divine permission] and prosper.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law, where I reveal My will].Because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge,I will also reject you from being My priest.Since you have forgotten the law of your God,I will also forget your children.