12 occurrences in 8 translations

'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}.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

‘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;

Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, Shown ByFriendship, Examples OfSeeing At A Distancedistanceministering

Give to everyone who asks of you. Whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsInterestRobbing PeopleGivingPropertyGiving Without Expecting ReturnGiving Back

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Remedies ForIndustryActing For Oneselfprovidingministering

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].

Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfQuietnessPhysical LabourDoing One's WorkMen's OrdersMen Working

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Essential (15 instances)
Necessary (147 instances)
Requirement (23 instances)
Requisite (1 instance)

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