Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Give

Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 11:41
But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you.
Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Deuteronomy 15:7
“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
Psalm 41:1
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.
Psalm 112:9
He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted in honor.
Proverbs 3:27
When it is in your power,
don’t withhold good from the one it belongs to.
Proverbs 11:24
One person gives freely,
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.
Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,
and He will give a reward to the lender.
Proverbs 21:26
He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.
Proverbs 22:9
A generous person will be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor.
Ezekiel 11:1
The Spirit then lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the Lord’s house, which faces east, and at the gate’s entrance were 25 men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
to bring the poor and homeless into your house,
to clothe the naked when you see him,
and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),
Matthew 5:42
Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Acts 20:35
In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich, for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich.
2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
Ephesians 4:28
The thief must no longer steal. Instead, he must do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.

General references

Romans 12:21
Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

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