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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Spend</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/s/spend.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/mark/6-37.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/s/spend.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Spend</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/s/spelt.htm" title="Spelt">&#9668;</a> Spend <a href="/topical/s/spendest.htm" title="Spendest">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> &#8226; <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> &#8226; <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> &#8226; <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> &#8226; <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> &#8226; <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> &#8226; <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>In the biblical context, the concept of "spending" encompasses the use of resources, time, and energy, often reflecting one's priorities and values. The Bible provides guidance on how believers should manage their resources, emphasizing stewardship, generosity, and the avoidance of wastefulness.<br><br><b>Stewardship and Resource Management</b><br><br>The Bible underscores the importance of wise stewardship. In the Parable of the Talents (<a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a>), Jesus illustrates the principle of managing resources responsibly. The servants who wisely invest their master's money are rewarded, while the one who fails to do so is reprimanded. This parable highlights the expectation that believers should spend their resources in ways that honor God and further His kingdom.<br><br><b>Generosity and Giving</b><br><br>Scripture frequently encourages believers to spend their resources generously. In <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6-7</a> , Paul writes, "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver." This passage emphasizes the importance of giving willingly and joyfully, reflecting a heart aligned with God's purposes.<br><br><b>Avoidance of Wastefulness</b><br><br>The Bible warns against wasteful spending and the pursuit of material wealth. <a href="/proverbs/21-20.htm">Proverbs 21:20</a> states, "Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them." This proverb contrasts the wise, who manage their resources prudently, with the foolish, who squander them. Believers are encouraged to be mindful of their spending, ensuring it aligns with godly wisdom.<br><br><b>Time and Energy</b><br><br>Beyond financial resources, the Bible also addresses the spending of time and energy. <a href="/ephesians/5-15.htm">Ephesians 5:15-16</a> advises, "Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." This passage calls believers to use their time wisely, making the most of every opportunity to live righteously and serve God's purposes.<br><br><b>Contentment and Trust in God</b><br><br>The Bible teaches contentment as a counterbalance to excessive spending. In <a href="/philippians/4-11.htm">Philippians 4:11-12</a> , Paul shares, "I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation&#8212;to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need." This contentment stems from trust in God's provision, reducing the compulsion to spend excessively in pursuit of satisfaction.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The biblical perspective on spending encourages believers to manage their resources with wisdom, generosity, and contentment. By aligning their spending habits with biblical principles, Christians can honor God and contribute to His work on earth.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.<p>4. (<I>v. t.</I>) To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.<p>6. (<I>v. i.</I>) To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.<p>7. (<I>v. i.</I>) To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.<p>8. (<I>v. i.</I>) To be diffused; to spread.<p>9. (<I>v. i.</I>) To break ground; to continue working.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1159.htm"><span class="l">1159. dapanao -- to <b>spend</b>, <b>spend</b> freely</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>spend</b>, <b>spend</b> freely. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dapanao Phonetic Spelling:<br> (dap-an-ah&#39;-o) Short Definition: I <b>spend</b>, bear expense, waste Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1159.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5551.htm"><span class="l">5551. chronotribeo -- to <b>spend</b> time</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>spend</b> time. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chronotribeo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (khron-ot-rib-eh&#39;-o) Short Definition: I waste time, <b>spend</b> time Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5551.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4325.htm"><span class="l">4325. prosdapanao -- to <b>spend</b> besides</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>spend</b> besides. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prosdapanao Phonetic Spelling:<br> (pros-dap-an-ah&#39;-o) Short Definition: I <b>spend</b> in addition Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4325.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4321.htm"><span class="l">4321. prosanalisko -- to <b>spend</b> besides.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4320, 4321. prosanalisko. 4322 . to <b>spend</b> besides. Part <b>...</b> addition. Word Origin<br> from pros and analisko Definition to <b>spend</b> besides. <b>spend</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4321.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5549.htm"><span class="l">5549. chronizo -- to <b>spend</b> or take time, delay</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>spend</b> or take time, delay. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chronizo Phonetic<br> Spelling: (khron-id&#39;-zo) Short Definition: I delay, tarry Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5549.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1304.htm"><span class="l">1304. diatribo -- to rub hard, rub away, to <b>spend</b> time</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to rub hard, rub away, to <b>spend</b> time. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diatribo<br> Phonetic Spelling: (dee-at-ree&#39;-bo) Short Definition: I tarry, continue <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1304.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1550.htm"><span class="l">1550. ekdapanao -- to expend wholly, ie to exhaust</span></a> <br><b>...</b> wholly, ie to exhaust. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekdapanao Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ek-dap-an-ah&#39;-o) Short Definition: I <b>spend</b> completely Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1550.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2119.htm"><span class="l">2119. eukaireo -- to have opportunity</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from eukairos Definition to have opportunity NASB Word Usage have time<br> (1), opportunity (1), <b>spend</b>...time (1). have leisure, <b>spend</b> time. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2119.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4160.htm"><span class="l">4160. poieo -- to make, do</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1), produce (3), produced (1), produces (2), producing (1), provide (1), put (1),<br> satisfy* (1), setting (1), show (2), showed (1), shown (1), <b>spend</b> (1), spent <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4160.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 14k</font><p><a href="/greek/1236.htm"><span class="l">1236. diago -- to carry over, to pass</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to carry over, to pass. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diago Phonetic Spelling:<br> (dee-ag&#39;-o) Short Definition: I <b>spend</b> time, pass time, live Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1236.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7019b.htm"><span class="l">7019b. qits -- <b>spend</b> the summer</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7019a, 7019b. qits. 7019c . <b>spend</b> the summer. Transliteration: qits Short<br> Definition: summer. Word Origin from an unused word Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7019b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1086.htm"><span class="l">1086. balah -- to become old, wear out</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to become old, wear out NASB Word Usage become old (1), consume<br> (1), decaying (1), <b>spend</b> (1), waste (1), waste away (1), wasted away (1), wear <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1086.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8254.htm"><span class="l">8254. shaqal -- to weigh</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to weigh NASB Word Usage actually weighed (1), pay (4), receive<br> (1), <b>spend</b> (1), weigh (3), weighed (10), weighs (1). pay, receive, <b>spend</b>, weigh. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8254.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm"><span class="l">6. abad -- to perish</span></a><br><b>...</b> break, destroy uction, not escape, fail, lose, cause to, make perish, <b>spend</b>,.<br> A primitive root; properly, to wander away, ie Lose <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm"><span class="l">3615. kalah -- to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), languishes (1), longed (1), make an end (1), over (1), perish (1), perishing<br> (1), plotted (1), put an end (2), ravage (1), settled (1), <b>spend</b> (3), spent (5 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3615.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1104.htm"><span class="l">1104. bala -- to swallow down, swallow up, engulf</span></a><br><b>...</b> cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, <b>spend</b> up, swallow down up. A<br> primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1104.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7286.htm"><span class="l">7286. radad -- to beat out, beat down, subdue</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>spend</b>, spread, subdue. A primitive root; to tread in pieces, ie (figuratively) to<br> conquer, or (specifically) to overlay -- <b>spend</b>, spread, subdue. 7285b, 7286 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7286.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3885a.htm"><span class="l">3885a. lun -- to lodge, pass the night, abide</span></a><br><b>...</b> night (2), lodge (9), lodged (6), lodges (3), night (2), pass (1), remain (1), remain<br> with you all night (1), remain overnight (2), sleep (1), <b>spend</b> (2), <b>spend</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3885a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm"><span class="l">6213. asah -- do, make</span></a><br><b>...</b> offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure,<br> provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, <b>spend</b>, X surely <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6213.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6972.htm"><span class="l">6972. quts -- summer</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin see qits. summer A primitive root; to clip off; used only as denominative<br> from qayits; to <b>spend</b> the harvest season -- summer. see HEBREW qayits. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6972.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/brotherhood_and_service_490_go.htm"><span class="l">Go, Labour On! <b>Spend</b> and be Spent</span></a> <br><b>...</b> V. THE CHURCH Brotherhood and Service 490. Go, labour on! <b>spend</b> and be spent. LM <b>...</b><br> Go, labour on! <b>spend</b> and be spent! Thy joy to do the Father&#39;s will; <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brotherhood and service 490 go.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/11_that_maxim_also_which.htm"><span class="l">That Maxim Also which Your Friend Used is of Very Great and Divine <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE FOURTH CENTURY 11 That maxim also which your friend used is of very great and<br> Divine concernment: I will first <b>spend</b> a great deal of time in seeking <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/11 that maxim also which.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/the_shows_or_de_spectaculis/chapter_xxix_even_as_things.htm"><span class="l">Even as Things Are, if Your Thought is to <b>Spend</b> this Period of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XXIX. Even as things are, if your thought is to <b>spend</b> this period<br> of existence in? Even as things are, if your thought <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter xxix even as things.htm</font><p><a href="/library/palgrave/the_treasury_of_sacred_song/cxxi_i_walkd_the_other.htm"><span class="l">I Walk&#39;d the Other Day, (To <b>Spend</b> My Hour),</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CXXI I walk&#39;d the other day, (to <b>spend</b> my<br> hour),. Into a field, Where I sometimes had seen the soil to yield. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cxxi i walkd the other.htm</font><p><a href="/library/naylor/heart_talks/talk_fifty-three_three_tests_of.htm"><span class="l">Three Tests of Love</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Many persons <b>spend</b> willingly and even lavishly for self who give sparingly and<br> reluctantly to God. They <b>spend</b> more for their pleasures than they give. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk fifty-three three tests of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/champness/broken_bread/xxii_good-friday.htm"><span class="l">Good-Friday.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> How do our readers mean to <b>spend</b> the day? We have no right to bind any man&#39;s<br> conscience, and seek to have others do as we do, except <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxii good-friday.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/moodys_anecdotes_and_illustrations/infidelity.htm"><span class="l">Infidelity</span></a> <br><b>...</b> &quot;I walk about in the day time; I lie down at night, and it comes upon me continually:<br> &#39;Eternity, and where shall I <b>spend</b> it?&#39; Tell me, is there any hope for me <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/infidelity.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kempis/the_imitation_of_christ/the_first_chapter_the_great.htm"><span class="l">The First Chapter: the Great Reverence with which we Should <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> trumpeting and jubilation to the place prepared for it; and I, unhappy and poorest<br> of men, how shall I lead You into my house, I who scarcely can <b>spend</b> a half <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the first chapter the great.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/sowing_and_reaping/chapter_vi_ignorance_of_the.htm"><span class="l">Ignorance of the Seed Makes no Difference.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Do you <b>spend</b> your time at the saloon or the club, until you have become almost<br> a stranger to them? <b>...</b> Tell me, how do you <b>spend</b> your spare time? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/moody/sowing and reaping/chapter vi ignorance of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xix.htm"><span class="l">Chapter xix</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And he said: Behold now, sirs, turn aside, I pray, unto the house of your servant,<br> and <b>spend</b> the night, and wash your feet, and ye shall arise early and be on <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xix.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/spend.htm"><span class="l"><b>Spend</b> (54 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To weigh or lay out; to dispose of;<br> to part with; as, to <b>spend</b> money for clothing. 2. (vt) To <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spend.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gib'e-ah.htm"><span class="l">Gib'e-ah (45 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Judges 19:13 And he said to his servant, &quot;Come and let us draw near to one of these<br> places, and <b>spend</b> the night at Gib'e-ah or at Ramah.&quot; (DBY RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gib'e-ah.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/expend.htm"><span class="l">Expend (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To <b>spend</b>, consume, apply, or employ; as to expend energy; to use up or<br> distribute, either in payment or in donations; to <b>spend</b>; as, they expend money <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/expend.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/square.htm"><span class="l">Square (94 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NAS RSV NIV). Judges 19:15 and they turned aside there, to go in and<br><b>spend</b> the night at Gib'e-ah. And he went in and sat down <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/square.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/loaf.htm"><span class="l">Loaf (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (vi) To <b>spend</b> time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. 3. (vt) To<br><b>spend</b> in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/loaf.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/waste.htm"><span class="l">Waste (668 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (v.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant<br> loss; to use up; to consume; to <b>spend</b>; to wear out. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/waste.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/idle.htm"><span class="l">Idle (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (superl.) Light-headed; foolish. 6. (vi) To lose or <b>spend</b> time in inaction,<br> or without being employed in business. 7. (vt) To <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/idle.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pleasures.htm"><span class="l">Pleasures (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS). James 4:3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with<br> wrong motives, so that you may <b>spend</b> it for your pleasures. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pleasures.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/consume.htm"><span class="l">Consume (136 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:31); analisko, &quot;to use up,&quot; occurs in Luke 9:54 Galatians 5:15 2<br> Thessalonians 2:8 (the King James Version); dapanao, &quot;to <b>spend</b>,&quot; is translated <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/consume.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/prosperity.htm"><span class="l">Prosperity (66 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Job 21:13 They <b>spend</b> their days in prosperity. <b>...</b> Job 36:11 If they listen and serve<br> him, they shall <b>spend</b> their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/prosperity.htm - 25k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/alone-with-God.html">Why is it important to spend time alone with God? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-paid-penalty.html">If the penalty for our sins is eternity in hell, how did Jesus' death pay our penalty if He did not spend eternity in hell? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-cliques.html">Should Christians be in cliques? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/spend.htm">Spend: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Spend (54 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/6-37.htm">Mark 6:37</a></span><br />But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/10-35.htm">Luke 10:35</a></span><br />On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him,'Take care of him. Whatever you <span class="boldtext">spend</span> beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/21-37.htm">Luke 21:37</a></span><br />Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/17-21.htm">Acts 17:21</a></span><br />(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to <span class="boldtext">spend</span> their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.) <br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Acts 20:16</a></span><br />For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to <span class="boldtext">spend</span> time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/28-14.htm">Acts 28:14</a></span><br />where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-6.htm">1 Corinthians 16:6</a></span><br />and I shall make some stay with you perhaps, or even <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the winter with you, in order that you may help me forward, whichever way I travel.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-7.htm">1 Corinthians 16:7</a></span><br />For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-15.htm">2 Corinthians 12:15</a></span><br />I will most gladly <span class="boldtext">spend</span> and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/3-12.htm">Titus 3:12</a></span><br />When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/4-3.htm">James 4:3</a></span><br />You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may <span class="boldtext">spend</span> it for your pleasures.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/4-13.htm">James 4:13</a></span><br />Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and <span class="boldtext">spend</span> a year there, trade, and make a profit."<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/1-17.htm">1 Peter 1:17</a></span><br />And if you address as your Father Him who judges impartially in accordance with each man's actions, then <span class="boldtext">spend</span> in fear the time of your stay here on earth,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/4-2.htm">1 Peter 4:2</a></span><br />that in future you may <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the rest of your earthly lives, governed not by human passions, but by the will of God.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/19-2.htm">Genesis 19:2</a></span><br />and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/24-23.htm">Genesis 24:23</a></span><br />and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/24-25.htm">Genesis 24:25</a></span><br />She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/22-8.htm">Numbers 22:8</a></span><br />And he said unto them: 'Lodge here this night, and I will bring you back word, as the LORD may speak unto me'; and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-26.htm">Deuteronomy 14:26</a></span><br />and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-23.htm">Deuteronomy 32:23</a></span><br />"I will heap evils on them. I will <span class="boldtext">spend</span> my arrows on them. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/16-1.htm">Judges 16:1</a></span><br />Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-6.htm">Judges 19:6</a></span><br />So the two men sat and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, "Be pleased to <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the night, and let your heart be merry."<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-10.htm">Judges 19:10</a></span><br />But the man would not <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the night; he rose up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a couple of saddled asses, and his concubine was with him.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-11.htm">Judges 19:11</a></span><br />When they were near Jebus, the day was far spent, and the servant said to his master, "Come now, let us turn aside to this city of the Jeb'usites, and <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the night in it."<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-13.htm">Judges 19:13</a></span><br />And he said to his servant, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the night at Gib'e-ah or at Ramah."<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-15.htm">Judges 19:15</a></span><br />and they turned aside there, to go in and <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the night at Gib'e-ah. And he went in and sat down in the open square of the city; for no man took them into his house to spend the night.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-20.htm">Judges 19:20</a></span><br />And the old man said, "Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants; only, do not <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the night in the square."<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/20-4.htm">Judges 20:4</a></span><br />And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, "I came to Gib'e-ah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to <span class="boldtext">spend</span> the night.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/17-8.htm">2 Samuel 17:8</a></span><br />Hushai said moreover, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/17-16.htm">2 Samuel 17:16</a></span><br />Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying,'Don't lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.'"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-22.htm">Nehemiah 4:22</a></span><br />Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/13-21.htm">Nehemiah 13:21</a></span><br />Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do you stay around the wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/21-13.htm">Job 21:13</a></span><br />They <span class="boldtext">spend</span> their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/24-7.htm">Job 24:7</a></span><br />They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/31-32.htm">Job 31:32</a></span><br />(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/36-11.htm">Job 36:11</a></span><br />If they listen and serve him, they shall <span class="boldtext">spend</span> their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9</a></span><br />"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough? <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/90-9.htm">Psalms 90:9</a></span><br />For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we <span class="boldtext">spend</span> our years as a tale that is told. <br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:12</a></span><br />For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/7-11.htm">Song of Songs 7:11</a></span><br />Come, my loved one, let us go out into the field; let us take rest among the cypress-trees.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/18-6.htm">Isaiah 18:6</a></span><br />They will be for the birds of the mountains, and for the beasts of the earth: the birds will come down on them in the summer, and the beasts of the earth in the winter.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13</a></span><br />The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Isaiah 55:2</a></span><br />Why do you <span class="boldtext">spend</span> money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Isaiah 58:10</a></span><br />And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Isaiah 65:4</a></span><br />Who are seated in the resting-places of the dead, and by night are in the secret places; who take pig's flesh for food, and have the liquid of disgusting things in their vessels.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/20-18.htm">Jeremiah 20:18</a></span><br />Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-13.htm">Ezekiel 5:13</a></span><br />Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Ezekiel 6:12</a></span><br />He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them.<br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-8.htm">Ezekiel 7:8</a></span><br />Now will I shortly pour out my wrath upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Ezekiel 13:15</a></span><br />Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar ; and I will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8</a></span><br />But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Ezekiel 20:21</a></span><br />But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13</a></span><br />Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/5-4.htm">Zechariah 5:4</a></span><br />I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/spend.htm">Spend</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/morrow.htm">Morrow (113 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pence.htm">Pence (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spendeth.htm">Spendeth (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spend.htm">Spend (54 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/whatsoever.htm">Whatsoever (167 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/spelt.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Spelt"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Spelt" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/spendest.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Spendest"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Spendest" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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