11 occurrences

'Lacking' in the Bible

Perhaps the fifty righteous are lacking five--will you destroy the whole city on account of the five?" And he answered, "I will not destroy [it] if I find forty-five there."

Verse ConceptsFive PeopleFortiesNumbers Of Righteous PeopleShortage Other Than Food

[to] a land where you may eat food in it {without scarcity}; you will not find anything lacking in it, a land where its stones [are] iron and from its mountains you can mine copper.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Description OfBrass

And the five men went and came to Laish, and they observed the people who [were] living according to the customs of [the] Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, and lacking nothing in the land, and possessing restraint. And they [were] far from [the] Sidonians and had no word with anyone.

Verse ConceptsSearchingSecurityMannersMagistratesQuietnessFar From HereMen Of PeaceRelationships And Dating

And they said, "Why, Yahweh, God of Israel, has it happened today in Israel that one tribe is lacking from Israel?"

Verse ConceptsSubtracting From PeopleBereavementNo One To Be FoundWhy Does This Happen?

May [the blood] come down on the head of Joab and all the house of his father. {May the house of Joab never lack} [one with] a bodily discharge or [one with] leprosy or [one who] grasps the distaff or [one who] falls by the sword or [one who is] lacking food."

Verse ConceptsLeprosyBodyLackWeakness, PhysicalNo FoodDischargesWithout Strength

It is better to be lowly and a servant {to someone} than self-glorifying and lacking food.

Verse ConceptsPretenceServanthood, In SocietyShortagesServants Of PeopleSeeking HonourBeing Gay

I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};

Verse ConceptsBusiness EthicsSlothfulnessFarmingThe PastWorking Hard And Not Being Lazypastsloth

What is twisted cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

Verse ConceptsCrookednessUncountableTwisted WaysStraightening

Bible Theasaurus

Deficient (10 instances)
Incomplete (4 instances)
Lacking (71 instances)
Missing (27 instances)
Wanting (60 instances)