'Enough' in the Bible

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

But [when] the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

The disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to fill such a crowd?”

And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.

And [because] he did not have [enough] to repay [it], the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.

Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

And when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while”—for there were many [people who were continually] coming and going, and they could not even find time to eat.

And they all took of the food and had enough.

And they carried away broken portions enough to fill twelve baskets, besides pieces of the fish.

His disciples answered Him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fill these people?”

And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.

And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine, because he says, "The old wine is good enough!'"

How can you say to your brother, "Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you don't see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you'll see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

And those on the rock [are those] who receive the word with joy when they hear [it], and these do not have [enough] root, who believe for a time and in a time of testing fall away.

And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up, [enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).”’

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.

But Jesus said, "Enough of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.

And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?

It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.

And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little.”

When they had eaten enough, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.”

So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the people had had enough.

Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.

But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.

In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

“Lord,” said Philip, “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.

And Jesus did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be.

But He did not give him inheritable property, not even enough ground to take a step on, yet He promised that He would give it to Him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

For [your majesty] the king understands these things, and [therefore] I am also speaking to him with confidence and boldness, since I am convinced that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner [hidden from view, in secret].

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person.

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me."

True enough; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

Moreover, if they turn from their unbelief, they too will be grafted in. For God is powerful enough to graft them in again;

For I am bold enough to tell you only about what the Messiah has accomplished through me in bringing gentiles to obedience. By my words and actions,

But now, with no further place for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you—

I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not ready.

[You behave as if] you are already filled [with spiritual wisdom and in need of nothing more]. Already you have become rich [in spiritual gifts]! You [in your conceit] have ascended your thrones and become kings without us; and how I wish [that it were true and] that you did reign as kings, so that we might reign with you.

I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?

For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].

For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].

This punishment by the majority is severe enough for such a man.

To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?

But so that things may be equal; that from those things of which you have more than enough at the present time their need may be helped, and that if you are in any need they may be a help to you in the same way, making things equal.

As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.

For while he gladly gave ear to our request, he was interested enough to go to you from the impulse of his heart.

And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.

Now I, Paul, urge you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am meek [so they say] when with you face to face, but bold [outspoken and fearless] toward you when absent!

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

But he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.

in order that you may be strong enough to grasp together with all the saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and height, and depth,

For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should.

I know how to get along and live humbly [in difficult times], and I also know how to enjoy abundance and live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret [of facing life], whether well-fed or going hungry, whether having an abundance or being in need.

I have been paid in full and have more than enough. I am fully supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus what you sent a fragrant aroma, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we have in God's presence because of you?