'Necessities' in the Bible
"A person shall not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone, for {he is taking necessities of life as a pledge}.
‘When your wares went out to the sea,You met the desire, and the demand, and the necessities of many people;You enriched the kings of the earthWith your abundant wealth and merchandise.
And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;
Give to everyone who asks of you. Whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.
They sold their lands and other property, and distributed the proceeds among all, according to every one's necessities.
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Now such people we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work quietly and earn their own food and other necessities [supporting themselves instead of depending on the hospitality of others].
And let our people too learn to set a good example in following honest occupations for the supply of their necessities, so that they may not live useless lives.
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace [with my blessing], [keep] warm and feed yourselves,” but he does not give them the necessities for the body, what good does that do?
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- Essential (15 instances)
- Necessary (147 instances)
- Necessities (12 instances)
- Necessity (52 instances)
- Requirement (23 instances)
- Requisite (1 instance)