12 Bible Verses about Generosity, Used Towards

Communicate to the necessities of the saints, pursue hospitality, Bless them who persecute you;

Therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good unto all men; but especially to them who are of the houshold of faith.

Give to him that asketh thee, and him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Sell what ye have and give alms: provide yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Nevertheless ye have done well, that ye did communicate to me in my affliction. And ye know likewise, O Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated to me in respect of giving and receiving but you only. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again to my necessities.

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his own life, to supply your deficiency of service toward me.

Take heed that ye practise not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when thou dost alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou dost alms, let not thy left-hand know what thy right-hand doth:

He that imparteth, let him do it with simplicity; he that presideth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with chearfulness.

On the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store according as he hath been prospered, that there may be no collections when I come.

For if there be first a ready mind, a man is accepted, according to what he hath, not according to what he hath not.

Therefore as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

Being inriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which worketh by us thanksgiving to God. For the administration of this service, doth not only supply the necessities of the saints, but likewise aboundeth by the thanksgivings of many to God: (Who, by experiment of this administration, glorify God for your avowed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal communication to them and to all men.)