Stinginess
6 passages
- Proverbs 23:6–8
6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; 7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. 8You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Read it in context - Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Read it in context - James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Read it in context - Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Read it in context - Proverbs 11:24
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Read it in context - Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
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