21 The essentials of life are water, bread, a garment, and a house for privacy. (WEB)
Sirach 29:21
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Sirach 39:25–27
25 Good things are created from the beginning for the good. So are evil things for sinners. (WEB) 26 The main things necessary for the life of man are water, fire, iron, salt, wheat flour, and honey, milk, the blood of the grape, oil, and clothing. (WEB) 27 All these things are for… (WEB)
Luke 12:22–24
22 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have…
1 Timothy 6:7–9
7 For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that…
Sirach 34:20–22
20 Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is he who brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor. (WEB) 21 The bread of the needy is the life of the poor. He who deprives him of it is a man of blood. (WEB) 22 Like one who murders his neighbor is he who takes away his li… (WEB)
Tobit 5:18–20
18 Don’t be greedy to add money to money; but let it be as refuse compared to our child. (WEB) 19 For what the Lord has given us to live is enough for us.” (WEB) 20 Tobit said to her, “Don’t worry, my sister. He will return safe and sound, and your eyes will see him. (WEB)
Job 24:6–8
6 They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked. 7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold. 8 Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
John 6:47–49
47 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
Psalms 104:14–16
14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: 15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. 16 The trees of the LORD have their fil…
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