'Need' in the Bible

Pray to the LORD! There has been enough of God's thunder and hail! I'll let you go, and you need not stay any longer."

And even our livestock must go with us. Not a hoof will be left behind because we will use some of them to serve the LORD our God, and until we get there we won't know what we need to serve the LORD."

it's a festering skin disease in his body. The priest is to declare him unclean. The man need not be confined, since he's already unclean.

and the priest examines it and finds the scale to have spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellowish hair, since he is clean.

Therefore, the Israelis need no longer come to the Tent of Meeting, so they won't suffer the consequences of their sin and die.

Instead, be sure to open your hand to him and lend him enough to lessen his need.

Whenever a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the oracle does not come about or the word is not fulfilled, then the LORD has not spoken it. The prophet will have spoken presumptuously, so you need not fear him."

returned to Joshua. "Not all of the people need to go up," they reported. "Only about two or three thousand men should attack Ai. Since they are so few, don't make all of the army work hard up there."

Then the five men who had gone to scout out the territory of Laish told their relatives, "Are you aware that in these houses there's an ephod, some household idols, a carved image, and a cast image? You know what you need to do."

Meanwhile, we also have straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me, for this young woman servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. We don't need anything else."

Abishai told David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Let me run the spear through him into the ground with a single blow. I won't need to strike him twice!"

But don't let him off unpunished, since you're a wise man and you'll know what you need to do to him. Find a way that he dies in his old age by shedding his blood."

And may what I've had to say to the LORD remain with the LORD our God both day and night, so that he may defend the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as the need of the day may require it,

"Let the priests get support for themselves from their own donors, and let them repair the Temple wherever a leak in need of repair is discovered."

But you won't need to force them to be accountable for money already paid to them, since they're faithful."

At great effort I have provided for the Temple of the LORD 100,000 gold talents, 1,000,000 silver talents, as well as bronze and iron beyond calculation, since there is so much of it. I've also provided timber and stone, but you'll need to obtain more.

We'll cut down the timber you need from Lebanon and transport it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so you can move it to Jerusalem."

"Look! The king's son is going to rule, just as the LORD promised David's descendants. So here's what you'll need to do: One third of you priests and descendants of Levi who are on duty during the Sabbath will serve as guards at the temple gates.

You'll be protected from the accusing tongue; you need not fear destruction when it heads your way.

You'll laugh at destruction and famine; and you need not fear the beasts of the earth.

"Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession.

They tear up my pathways; they profit from my destruction, and they need no help to do this!

"Let me speak! I need relief! Let me open my lips and respond.

He shatters valiant men without a need to investigate, and he raises others in their place.

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

You need not fear terror that stalks in the night, the arrow that flies in the day,

He need not fear a bad report, for his heart is unshaken, since he trusts in the LORD.

Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

If you find some honey, eat only what you need. Take too much, and you'll vomit.

The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know.

Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today,

She reaches out to the poor, opening her hands to those in need.

a wild donkey accustomed to the desert, sniffing the wind in her passion. When she's in heat, who can turn her away? None of the males who pursue her need to tire themselves out, for in her month they'll find her."

Indeed, they'll need bread and water, but everyone will be panic-stricken as they waste away in their iniquity."

They won't need to cut down trees from the fields nor gather firewood from the forests, because they will light fires with the weapons as they plunder the plunderers and loot the looters!" declares the Lord GOD.

But John tried to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"

Don't be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

because it is the unbelievers who are eager for all those things. Surely your heavenly Father knows that you need all of them!

When Jesus heard that, he said, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

But Jesus told them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Listen! You yourselves have just heard the blasphemy!

When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

He asked them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

Then the high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we still need witnesses?" he asked.

But Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

But there's only one thing you need. Mary has chosen what is better, and it is not to be taken away from her."

because it is the unbelievers who are concerned about all these things. Surely your Father knows that you need them!

Every single one of them began asking to be excused. The first told him, "I bought a field, and I need to go out and inspect it. Please excuse me.'

In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need to repent."

After he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.

When Jesus heard this, he told him, "You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

"Why do we need any more testimony?" they asked. "We have heard it ourselves from his own mouth!"

and didn't need anyone to tell him what people were like, because he himself knew what was in every person.

Jesus told him, "Whoever has bathed is entirely clean. He doesn't need to wash himself further, except for his feet. And you men are clean, though not all of you."

At that time, you will make your requests in my name, so that I will have no need to ask the Father on your behalf,

Now we know that you know everything and don't need to have anyone ask you any questions. Because of this, we believe that you have come from God."

They made it their practice to sell their possessions and goods and to distribute the proceeds to anyone who was in need.

I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are filled with goodness and full of all the knowledge you need to be able to instruct each other.

Welcome her in the Lord as is appropriate for saints, and provide her with anything she may need from you, for she has assisted many people, including me.

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you," or the head to the feet, "I don't need you."

However, our attractive parts don't need this. But God has put the body together and has given special honor to the parts that lack it,

Are we beginning to recommend ourselves again? Unlike some people, we do not need letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?

At the present time, your surplus fills their need, so that their surplus may fill your need. In this way things are fair.

I do not need to write to you any further about the ministry to the saints.

Besides, God is able to make every blessing of yours overflow for you, so that in every situation you will always have all you need for any good work.

I beg you that when I come I will not need to be courageous by daring to oppose some people who think that we are living according to the flesh.

but he has told me, "My grace is all you need, because my power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the Messiah's power may rest on me.

Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.

Meanwhile, I thought it best to send Epaphroditus my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need back to you.

I am not saying this because I am in any need, for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.

And my God will fully supply your every need according to his glorious riches in the Messiah Jesus.

From you the word of the Lord has spread out not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place where your faith in God has become known. As a result, we do not need to say anything about it.

Now you do not need anyone to write to you about brotherly love, since you have been taught by God to love each other.

so that you may win the respect of outsiders, and have need of nothing.

Now you do not need to have anything written to you about times and dates, brothers,

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to give you the wisdom you need for salvation through faith in the Messiah Jesus.

Do all you can to send Zenas the expert in the Law and Apollos on their way, and see that they have everything they need.

So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood for on this basis the people received the Law what further need would there be to speak of appointing another kind of priest according to the order of Melchizedek, not one according to the order of Aaron?

We need such a high priest one who is holy, innocent, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

He has no need to offer sacrifices every day like high priests do, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he sacrificed himself.

If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one,

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

The anointing you received from God abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you this. Instead, because God's anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not a lie, abide in him, as he taught you to do.

Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him?

You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

The city doesn't need any sun or moon to give it light, because the glory of God gave it light, and the lamb was its lamp.

There will be no more night, and they will not need any light from lamps or the sun because the Lord God will shine on them. They will rule forever and ever.