Bible Verses About Frugality: General references

So he went and acted according to the word of ADONAI- he went and lived in Vadi K'rit near the Yarden.

The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the stream.

So he set out and went to Tzarfat. On reaching the gate of the city, he saw a widow there gathering sticks. He called out to her, "Please bring a little water in a container for me to drink."

As she was going to get it, he called after her, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand."

She answered, "As ADONAI your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a pot and a little oil in the jug. Here I am, gathering a couple sticks of wood, so that I can go and cook it for myself and my son. After we have eaten that, we will die."

Eliyahu said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go; and do what you said; but first, use a little of it to make me a small loaf of bread; and bring it out to me. After that, make food for yourself and your son.

Don't be one of those who guzzle wine or of those who eat meat to excess,

for both drunkard and glutton will become poor -drowsiness will clothe them with rags

But some there angrily said to themselves, "Why this waste of perfume?

It could have been sold for a year's wages and given to the poor!" And they scolded her.