'Need' in the Bible

The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

You'll be protected from the accusing tongue; you need not fear destruction when it heads your way.

You'll laugh at destruction and famine; and you need not fear the beasts of the earth.

His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

"Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession.

For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

They tear up my pathways; they profit from my destruction, and they need no help to do this!

Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

“I assure you, the men of my tent have said,‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

"Let me speak! I need relief! Let me open my lips and respond.

God does not need to examine a person further,that one should approach Him in court.

He shatters valiant men without a need to investigate, and he raises others in their place.

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.May your hearts live forever!

When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You,“Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”

To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.

All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

The humble have seen it and are glad;You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.

May all those who seek You [as life’s first priority] rejoice and be glad in You;May those who love Your salvation say continually,“Let God be magnified!”

But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

You need not fear terror that stalks in the night, the arrow that flies in the day,

The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

He need not fear a bad report, for his heart is unshaken, since he trusts in the LORD.

and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.

I am Yours, save me [as Your own];For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].

I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

and your poverty will come like a robber,your need, like a bandit.

People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.

He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

The appetite of a worker works for him,For his hunger urges him on.

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

and your poverty will come like a robber,your need, like a bandit.

If you find honey, eat only what you need;otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

The one who gives to the poorwill not be in need,but one who turns his eyes awaywill receive many curses.

The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.Give me neither poverty nor wealth;feed me with the food I need.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

She reaches out to the poor, opening her hands to those in need.

And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.

For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

Yet the people do not turn back [in repentance] to Him who struck them,Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts [as their most essential need].

On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.

But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.

Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.

It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.

And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.

And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.

The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.

They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.

They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.

Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.