Acts 20:35

Paul's Farewell To The Ephesian Elders

³⁴ You yourselves know that these hands served [to meet] my needs and [the needs of] those who were with me. ³⁵ I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." ³⁶ And [when he] had said these [things], he fell to his knees [and] prayed with them all.

All Things

In Me

More Blessed to Give

Word of the Lord

Words of the Lord

Jesus

Proverbs 19:17

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

Matthew 10:8

Heal those who are sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, expel demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

Ephesians 4:28

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all [people].

Psalm 41:1-3

Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

Psalm 112:5-9

[It goes] well [for] a man [who] is gracious and lends, [who] conducts his {business properly}.

Isaiah 32:8

But [the] nobleman plans noble things, and he stands upon noble things.

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen [the] weak hands and make [the] staggering knees firm.

Isaiah 58:7-12

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

Matthew 25:34-40

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!

Luke 14:12-14

And he also said to the one who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you [in return], and repayment come to you.

Acts 20:20

how I did not shrink from proclaiming to you anything that would be profitable, and [from] teaching you in public and from house [to house],

Acts 20:27

for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the whole purpose of God.

Romans 15:1

But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share this right over you, do we not [do so] even more? Yet we have not made use of this right, but we endure all [things], in order that we may not cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

2 Corinthians 9:6-12

Now [the point is] this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 11:9

And [when I] was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep [myself from being a burden].

2 Corinthians 11:12

But what I am doing, I will also do, in order that I may remove the opportunity of those who want an opportunity, that they may be found just as also we [are] in what they are boasting about.

2 Corinthians 12:13

{For in what respect are you made worse off} more than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

Philippians 4:17-20

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek for the profit that increases to your account.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

Hebrews 12:12-13

Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,

Hebrews 13:3

Remember the prisoners, as [though you were] fellow-prisoners; [remember] the mistreated, as [though] [you] yourselves also are being [mistreated] in the body.

Hebrews 13:16

And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.