'Needs' in the Bible
Joseph provided and supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to [the needs of] their children.
and the hangings of the courtyard, and the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the courtyard which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their tent ropes, and all the equipment for their service; and all that is to be done, they shall perform.
But there is forgiveness with You,That You may be feared and worshiped [with submissive wonder].
The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.
“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungryAnd bring the homeless poor into the house;When you see the naked, that you cover him,And not to hide yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood?
“It will come about in that day that I will respond,” says the Lord.“I will respond to the heavens [which ask for rain to pour on the earth], and they will respond to the earth [which begs for the rain],
The pains of childbirth come on him;But he is not a wise son,For it is not the time to delay [his chance at a new birth] as the womb opens [but he ignores the opportunity to change].