Bible Verses About Resourcefulness

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:

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

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;)

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

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:

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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

The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

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

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

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

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

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

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

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

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.