Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

General references

Bible References

The liberal

Job 31:16
“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Psalm 112:9
He has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.
Proverbs 11:24
There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.
Luke 6:33
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
Acts 9:39
So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
Acts 11:29
And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brethren living in Judea.
2 Corinthians 8:2
that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.
2 Corinthians 9:6
Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

General references

Genesis 24:25
Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in.”

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