Character & Virtues

Bible Verses About being stingy

11 key scriptures

Explore what the Bible says about being stingy. This collection of 11 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Luke 6:38
King James (KJV)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.

11 Key Scriptures

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.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. hasteth: or, hath and evil eye hasteth to be rich
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.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. ruled: Heb. judged
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. lusts: or, pleasures
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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