Being Stingy

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

Troubled for wealth <FI>is<Fi> the man <FI>with<Fi> an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing <FI>is<Fi> for the head of him who is selling.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him; — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you--to the age;

now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.

And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good, except One--God;

and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said, `Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine--where?

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap; — read the full passage →

who having come down did pray concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit, --

for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted.

from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I--I have made Abram rich;

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him; — read the full passage →

and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.

Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, — read the full passage →

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say.

And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to all those calling Him, To all who call Him in truth.

I went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?'

and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee--hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin;

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us--those being saved--it is the power of God,

while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why <FI>is<Fi> it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,

these all were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

And having gone forth, he went on, according to custom, to the mount of the Olives, and his disciples also followed him, — read the full passage →

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint, — read the full passage →

If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

saying--`It behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be raised.'

and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,

Because of this I say to you, all whatever--praying--ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;

And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. — read the full passage →

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which <FI>is<Fi> before thee, — read the full passage →

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace. — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

For Mine <FI>is<Fi> every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, — read the full passage →

And she saith unto them, `Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,

And all tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's--holy to Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants, — read the full passage →

And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on-- — read the full passage →