Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Parsimony » General references to
“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and [the money] given to the poor?”
He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes [from their need] will have many curses.
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
“You have not brought Me your sheep or goats for your burnt offerings,
Nor honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
Nor wearied you with [demands for offerings of] incense.
A woman came up to Him with an alabaster flask of very precious perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, For what purpose is all this waste?
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings [you have withheld].
There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Hoard up
There is a serious and severe evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt. But those riches are lost in a bad venture; and he becomes the father of a son, and there is nothing in his hand [with which to support the child].
Riches » The wicked » Keep, to their hurt
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.