Proverbs 30:8
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8 First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
1 Timothy 6:6-8
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6 Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. 7 After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. 8 So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.
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Psalm 62:9-10
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9 Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind,
and the powerful are not what they appear to be.
If you weigh them on the scales,
together they are lighter than a breath of air.
10 Don’t make your living by extortion
or put your hope in stealing.
And if your wealth increases,
don’t make it the center of your life.
Luke 11:3
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3 Give us each day the food we need,[a]
Footnotes
- 11:3 Or Give us each day our food for the day; or Give us each day our food for tomorrow.
Matthew 6:11
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11 Give us today the food we need,[a]
Footnotes
- 6:11 Or Give us today our food for the day; or Give us today our food for tomorrow.
Matthew 6:33
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33 Seek the Kingdom of God[a] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
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- 6:33 Some manuscripts do not include of God.
Psalm 119:29
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29 Keep me from lying to myself;
give me the privilege of knowing your instructions.
Job 23:12
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12 I have not departed from his commands,
but have treasured his words more than daily food.
Acts 14:15
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15 “Friends,[a] why are you doing this? We are merely human beings—just like you! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things and turn to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.
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- 14:15 Greek Men.
Jeremiah 37:21
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21 So King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah not be returned to the dungeon. Instead, he was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace. The king also commanded that Jeremiah be given a loaf of fresh bread every day as long as there was any left in the city. So Jeremiah was put in the palace prison.
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Isaiah 5:18
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18 What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them
with ropes made of lies,
who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Everything Is Meaningless
2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
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Proverbs 23:5
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5 In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Proverbs 22:8
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8 Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster,
and their reign of terror will come to an end.[a]
Proverbs 21:6
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6 Wealth created by a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.[a]
Footnotes
- 21:6 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads mist for those who seek death.
Psalm 119:37
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37 Turn my eyes from worthless things,
and give me life through your word.[a]
Footnotes
- 119:37 Some manuscripts read in your ways.
2 Kings 25:30
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30 So the king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived.
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Exodus 16:35
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35 So the people of Israel ate manna for forty years until they arrived at the land where they would settle. They ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
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Exodus 16:29
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29 They must realize that the Sabbath is the Lord’s gift to you. That is why he gives you a two-day supply on the sixth day, so there will be enough for two days. On the Sabbath day you must each stay in your place. Do not go out to pick up food on the seventh day.”
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Exodus 16:21-22
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21 After this the people gathered the food morning by morning, each family according to its need. And as the sun became hot, the flakes they had not picked up melted and disappeared. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual—four quarts[a] for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation.
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- 16:22 Hebrew 2 omers [4.4 liters].
Exodus 16:18
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18 But when they measured it out,[a] everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.
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- 16:18 Hebrew measured it with an omer.
Exodus 16:15
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15 The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. “What is it?” they asked each other. They had no idea what it was.
And Moses told them, “It is the food the Lord has given you to eat.
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Genesis 48:15-16
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15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,
“May the God before whom my grandfather Abraham
and my father, Isaac, walked—
the God who has been my shepherd
all my life, to this very day,
16 the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm—
may he bless these boys.
May they preserve my name
and the names of Abraham and Isaac.
And may their descendants multiply greatly
throughout the earth.”
Genesis 28:20
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20 Then Jacob made this vow: “If God will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, and if he will provide me with food and clothing,
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John 2:8
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8 he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions.
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