TOPICAL BIBLE
Frugality
30 references in this topic.
Genesis 41:48During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.Genesis 41:49So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.Genesis 41:53When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,Genesis 41:54the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.Exodus 16:17So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.Exodus 16:18When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.Exodus 16:22On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.Exodus 16:23He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”Exodus 16:24So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.1 Kings 17:5So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.1 Kings 17:6The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.1 Kings 17:10So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”1 Kings 17:11And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”1 Kings 17:12But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”1 Kings 17:13“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,Proverbs 11:16A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.Proverbs 12:27A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.Proverbs 21:17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.Proverbs 21:20Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.Proverbs 22:3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.Proverbs 23:20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.Proverbs 31:27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.Matthew 14:20They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.Matthew 15:37They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.Mark 7:28“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”Mark 14:4Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?Mark 14:5It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.Ephesians 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
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