100 Bible Verses About Resourcefulness

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

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

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.