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What does the Bible say about being stingy?

11 verses about being stingy, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about being stingy

Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 10 votes
Proverbs 11:24 — There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 8 votes
Proverbs 28:22 — He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. 7 votes
Hebrews 13:5 — Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 votes
1 John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 6 votes
Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 3 votes
Proverbs 11:26 — He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. 3 votes
Acts 20:35 — I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. 3 votes
James 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 3 votes
Philippians 2:3 — Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 2 votes
James 1:5 — 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. 2 votes

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Proverbs (3), James (2), Ruth (1), Luke (1), Acts (1), Philippians (1), Hebrews (1), 1 John (1)

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