Begging

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. — read the full passage →

And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: — read the full passage →

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. — read the full passage →

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. — read the full passage →

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. — read the full passage →

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

If any man have an ear, let him hear. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. — read the full passage →

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. — read the full passage →

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. — read the full passage →

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. — read the full passage →

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. — read the full passage →

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. — read the full passage →