Philippians 4:12

New Century Version

I know how to live when I am poor, and I know how to live when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of being happy at any time in everything that happens, when I have enough to eat and when I go hungry, when I have more than I need and when I do not have enough.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:20

You gave your good Spirit to teach them. You gave them manna to eat and water when they were thirsty.

Isaiah 8:11

The Lord spoke to me with his great power and warned me not to follow the lead of the rest of the people. He said,

Jeremiah 31:19

Lord, after I wandered away from you, I changed my heart and life. After I understood, I beat my breast with sorrow. I was ashamed and disgraced, because I suffered for the foolish things I did when I was young.’

Matthew 11:29

Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives.

Matthew 13:52

Then Jesus said to them, “So every teacher of the law who has been taught about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house. He brings out both new things and old things he has saved.”

2 Corinthians 10:1

I, Paul, am begging you with the gentleness and the kindness of Christ. Some people say that I am easy on you when I am with you and bold when I am away.

2 Corinthians 10:10

Some people say, “Paul’s letters are powerful and sound important, but when he is with us, he is weak. And his speaking is nothing.”

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty, and many times I have been without food. I have been cold and without clothes.

2 Corinthians 11:7

I preached God’s Good News to you without pay. I made myself unimportant to make you important. Do you think that was wrong?

2 Corinthians 11:9

If I needed something when I was with you, I did not trouble any of you. The brothers who came from Macedonia gave me all that I needed. I did not allow myself to depend on you in any way, and I will never depend on you.

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found them in a desert, a windy, empty land. He surrounded them and brought them up, guarding them as those he loved very much.