12 Bible Verses about Generosity
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Enriched in everything in all simplicity, which works through us gratitude to God.
The soul of blessing shall be made fat: also he watering, shall himself drink to the full.
Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
And the doing good and mutual participation forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
For God is not unjust to forget your work and fatigue of love, which ye showed to his name, having served to the holy ones, and serving.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for you he was in a state of beggary, being rich; that ye in his poverty might be rich.
He scattered, he gave to the needy; his justice stands forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.
And the liberal will counsel liberal things, and upon liberal things shall he stand.
And if I feed out all my goods, and if I deliver my body that I be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
From Thematic Bible
Generosity » Liberality in the early church
And certain of the disciples, as he was able, determined, each of them, to send for service to the brethren dwelling in Judea:
For neither was any in want among them: for as many as were possessors of farms or houses, selling, brought the prices of things sold, And laid down at the feet of the sent: and it was distributed to each as any had need.
That in much proof of pressure the abundance of their joy and their poverty according to depth abounded to the abundance of their simplicity.
For also in Thessalonica, and once, and twice, ye sent to my necessity.
Generosity » Offerings for the rebuilding of the temple
According to their power they gave to the treasure of the work of gold six myriads and a thousand darics, and of silver, five thousand portions, and of priests' tunics, a hundred.
And Zaccheus having stood, said to the Lord, Behold, the half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have made any false accusation against any one, I give back fourfold.
And all those round about them strengthened upon their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with substance, and with cattle, and most precious things, besides all being willingly given.
And from the sum of heads of the fathers they gave for the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure gold a thousand drachmas, fifty vases, thirty and five hundred priests' tunics.
Generosity » David's gifts for the temple
And yet in my delighting in the house of my God, there is to me property of gold and silver I gave to the house of my God, to above from all I prepared for the holy house, Three thousand talents of gold from gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of purified silver, to spread over the walls of the houses:
Generosity » Gifts for the repairing of God's house
And the chiefs and all the people will rejoice, and they will bring in and cast into the ark, even to finishing.
Generosity » Gifts of israel for the tabernacle
And they will come, the men with the women, all of a willing heart, they brought rings, and ear-rings, and seals, and globules of gold, all vessels of gold: and every man who lifted up a waving of gold to Jehovah.
Generosity » Offerings at the dedication
And they will bring their offering before Jehovah, six litter wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the chiefs and an ox for one: and they shall bring them before the dwelling.
Generosity » The poor widow's offering
And having looked np, he saw the rich casting their gifts into the royal treasury. And he also saw a certain poor widow casting there two small coins. And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all: read more.
For all they, of that abounding to them, have cast in to the gifts of God: and she from her want cast in all the living which she had.
Generosity » Over-plus of gifts
And they will say to Moses, saying, The people are multiplying to bring more than enough to the service for the work which Jehovah commanded to do it
Topics on Generosity
Generosity, God's
Ephesians 1:7-9In whom we have redemption by his blood, the letting go of faults, according to the riches of his grace;
Generosity, Human
2 Corinthians 8:7-9But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and in word, and in knowledge, and in all care, and in love from you to us, that also ye abound in this grace.
Generosity, Used Towards
Exodus 35:21-29And they will come, every man whose heart lifted him up and every one whose spirit impelled him, and they brought the offering of Jehovah to the work of the tent of appointment, and for all its work, and for the garments of the holy place.