Bible Verses About Lack

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

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!

For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

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.

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;