29 Bible Verses about Almsgiving
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From the end of three years thou shalt bring all the tenth of thy produce in that year, and place thou it in thy gates:
For opening, thou shalt open thy hand to him, and lending, thou shalt lend him a sufficiency for his want which he shall want
If I shall withhold from the desire of the poor, and cause the eyes of the widow to fail; And eating my morsel alone, and the orphan ate not from it; (For from my youth he grew up to me as a father, and I shall guide her from my mother's womb;)read more.
If I shall see one perishing from not being clothed, and no covering to the needy; If his loins did not praise me, and he will be warmed from the fleece of my sheep If I lifted up my hand against the orphan when I shall see, my help in the gate: My shoulder shall fall from its shoulder-blade, and mine, arm shall be broken from the bone.
A good man, being merciful and lending: he will hold up his words in judgment; For he shall not be moved forever: the just one shall be for eternal remembrance. He shall not fear an evil report: his heart being prepared to trust in Jehovah.read more.
His heart being sustained, he will not fear even till he shall look upon his enemies. He scattered, he gave to the needy; his justice stands forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.
He pitying the poor lends to Jehovah, and he will recompense to him his act.
Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, and thou shalt bring the wandering poor to thy house? when thou shalt see the naked and cover him; and thou shalt not hide from thy flesh.
And thou shalt give out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the humble soul; and thy light rising in darkness,, and thy thick darkness as the noon.
To him asking thee, give thou, and him wishing to borrow from thee, thou shouldst not turn away.
Attend ye not to do your justice before men, to be seen to them; and if otherwise ye have no reward from your Father which in the heavens. When therefore thou doest alms, thou shouldst not sound the trumpet before thee, as hypocrites do in the assemblies, and in the streets, that they might be praised by men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward. But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right does:read more.
That thine alms might be in secret; and thy Father, who seeing in secret, shall give back to thee openly.
For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye brought me in:
And upon the morrow, he having come forth, taking out two drachmas, he gave to the inn-keeper, and said to him, Take care, of him; and whatever thou spendest besides, I, in my coming back, will repay thee.
But of the things being, give alms; and, behold, all things are clean to you.
Sell your possessions, and give alms; make to yourselves purses not growing old, an inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where the thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts.
But when thou makest an entertainment, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
And Jesus having heard these, said to him, Yet one thing fails thee: all whatever thou hast, sell and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
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 a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they set in the day at the door of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those going into the temple; Who having seen Peter and John about going into the temple asked to receive alms.
And they knew him, that this was he sitting for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that having happened to him.
And in Joppa was a certain disciple by name Tabitha, which interpreted is called Dorcas: she was full of good works and alms which she did.
Religious, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying God always. He saw in a vision manifestly about the ninth hour of the day a messenger of God having come in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. And having looked at him intently, and being afraid, he said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms went up for remembrance before God.
And he says, Cornelius, thy prayer was harkened to, and thine alms remembered before God.
And after many years I was present, going to do alms to my nation, and offerings.
And concerning the collection for the holy ones, as I appointed to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye. According to one day of the sabbaths let each of you put by himself, treasuring up that which he is prospered in, that when I come there be no collections. And when I be present, whom ye approve by letters, these will I send to carry your grace to Jerusalem.
And now also complete ye the doing; that as a forwardness to will so also to complete, out of what is possessed.
And this, He sowing sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he sowing in praises shall reap also in praises. Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
He stealing let him steal no more: and rather let him be wearied from fatigue, working good with the hands, that he have to impart to him having need.
To do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal, qualified for participation;
And whoever has the life of the world, and sees his brother having need, and should shut up his bowels from him, how remains the love of God in him?
From Thematic Bible
Almsgiving » General advice concerning
And when thy brother shall be poor, and his hand wavering with thee, hold fast to him; a stranger and sojourner to live with thee.
When the needy shall be among thee, from one of thy brethren, in one of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, and thou shalt not shut thy hand from thy needy brother.
She spread forth her hands to the poor, and sent forth her hands to the needy.
Attend ye not to do your justice before men, to be seen to them; and if otherwise ye have no reward from your Father which in the heavens.
Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
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- Alms, Good Deeds
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- Beggars
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- Giving Money To The Church