needs
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19And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
25And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
32For the Gentiles seek all these things. Yet your Father knows that you need all these things. 33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
18But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.
10Fear the Lord, all you his saints. For there is no destitution for those who fear him. 11The rich have been needy and hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good thing.
35I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary 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.’ ”
10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.
11I am not saying this as if out of need. For I have learned that, in whatever state I am, it is sufficient. 12I know how to be humbled, and I know how to abound. I am prepared for anything, anywhere: either to be full or to be hungry, either to have abundance or to endure scarcity.
1A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me.
3The Lord will not afflict with famine the soul of the just, and he will overthrow the treacheries of the impious.
28Whoever was stealing, let him now not steal, but rather let him labor, working with his hands, doing what is good, so that he may have something to distribute to those who suffer need.
7each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to make every grace abound in you, so that, always having what you need in all things, you may abound unto every good work,
25I have been young, and now I am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his offspring seeking bread.
11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.