Bible Verses About Resource Gathering

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.

And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

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:

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.