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 become rich.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

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

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him. — read the full passage →

Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

And he said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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

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

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

Jehovah 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, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Be not therefore anxious, 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, therein to be content. — read the full passage →

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me: — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack 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 hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. — read the full passage →

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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 asked of thee; Deny methemnot 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 covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; 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, even that which he hath shall be taken away.

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

He becometh poor that worketh 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 his name.

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; 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 Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

Be not therefore anxious, 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, If any will not work, neither let him eat. — read the full passage →

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

For neither was there among them any 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 his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the 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 shameshall be tohim that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

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 a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one 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, therein to be content. — read the full passage →

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

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

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; — read the full passage →

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even 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 a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your 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 wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply for your want; that there may be equality:

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

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth. — read the full passage →

Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!

Be not 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 falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed 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 everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah 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, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering 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 Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself 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 one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

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

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him. — read the full passage →

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

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

but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become 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 disbelieveth shall be condemned.

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? — read the full passage →