Quotes about Portion
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
— Ecclesiastes 2:21
In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
— Isaiah 17:14
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
— Isaiah 53:12
Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
— Isaiah 57:6
Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
— Jeremiah 6:3
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
— Jeremiah 10:16
This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
— Jeremiah 13:25
Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
— Jeremiah 37:12
And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
— Jeremiah 52:34
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
— Lamentations 3:24
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
— Ezekiel 4:10
“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.
— Ezekiel 45:1