Lack

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. — read the full passage →

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, — read the full passage →

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

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

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: — read the full passage →

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, — read the full passage →

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. — read the full passage →

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: — read the full passage →

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

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, — read the full passage →

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. — read the full passage →

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. — read the full passage →

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?

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

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

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: — read the full passage →

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, — read the full passage →

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. — read the full passage →

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

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.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. — read the full passage →

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.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. — read the full passage →

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

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? — read the full passage →