Bible verses about "stingy" | NHEB

1 Timothy 6:17-19

17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; 18 that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of that which is truly life.

Proverbs 11:24

24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

Proverbs 28:22

22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

Luke 6:38

38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."

Luke 12:15

15 He said to them, "Beware. Keep yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

James 1:5

5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without finding fault; and it will be given to him.

Acts 20:35

35 In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Proverbs 23:6-8

6 Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies: 7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink." he says to you, but his heart is not with you. 8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

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