44 Bible Verses about Giving, Of Talents
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For who distinguishes thee? and what hast thou which thou didst not receive? and if thou also didst receive, why dost thou boast, as not having received?
Thou shalt speak to all the wise of heart, whom I filled with the spirit of wisdom, and they shall make the garments of Aaron to consecrate him, for him to be a priest to me.
And I will fill him with the spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work. To meditate work of skill, to work in gold and in silver and in brass. And in graving stone for filling up, and in graving wood, to work in all work.read more.
And I, behold, I gave him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all the wise of heart I gave wisdom; and they shall make all which I commanded thee:
And he will fill him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work; And to invent works of skill, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in working stone for filling in, and in working wood, to work in all work of works of skill.read more.
He gave in his heart to teach, he and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. He filled them with wisdom of heart, to do all the work of engraving, of inventing, and variegating in cerulean purple, and in red purple, and in double scarlet, and in byssus, and of weaving, and of those doing all work, and of those devising works of skill.
And Bezaleel made, and Aholiab, and every man wise of heart, to whom Jehovah gave wisdom and unstanding in them to know to do all the work of service of the holy place according to all which Jehovah commanded. And Moses will call to Bezaleel and to Aholiab, and to every man wise of heart, to whom Jehovah gave wisdom in his heart, every one who lifted up his heart to draw near to the work to do it:
And remember Jehovah thy God; for he gave to thee strength to make wealth in order to set up his covenant, which he sware to our fathers, as this day.
Setting my feet as the hinds: And upon the heights will he cause me to stand. Teaching my hands to the war, And bringing down the brazen bow by mine arm.
Setting my feet as the hinds, and he will cause me to stand upon my heights. Teaching my hands to war, and a bow of brass was bent by mine arms.
And to one he truly gave five talents, and to one, two, and to one, one; to each according to his own power; and he quickly went abroad.
And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten coins, and said to them, Attend to business, till I come.
And took him out of all his pressures, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and set him leader over Egypt and his whole house.
And having gifts different according to the grace given us, whether prophecy, according to the due proportion of faith;
And to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit. For truly to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency of God;
Of which I Became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me according to the energy of his power
And now I sent a wise man knowing understanding to Huram my father, The son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in woods, in purple, in cerulean purple, and in byssus, and in crimson; and to engrave every engraving, and to invent every work of art which shall be given to him, with thy wise ones, and the wise of my lord David thy father.
For I will all men to be as also myself. But each has his own favor of God, the one truly thus, and the other thus.
And there are distinctions of favors, and the same Spirit. And there are distinctions of services, and the same Lord. And there are distinctions of performances, and it is the same God performing all things in all.
And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers;
By which I remind thee of the cause to light up the favor of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
And he having received five talents, having gone, worked with them, and he made other five talents. Likewise he having the two also, gained he also other two. And he having received one, having departed, dug in the earth, and concealed his lord's silver.read more.
And after much time the lord of these servants comes, and lifts up the word with them. And he having received the five talents, having come near, brought the other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst me five talents: and I have gained other five talents. And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant: thou west faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord. And he also having received the two talents, having come near said, Lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; see, I gained two other talents to them. His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord. And he also having received one talent, having come near, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou sowedst not, and gathering where thou scatteredst not: And having been afraid, having gone away, I concealed thy talent in the earth; see, thou hast thine own. And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not: Thou therefore oughtest to have cast my silver to the money changers, and I having come, had received mine own, with interest Therefore take the talent away from him, and give him having ten talents. For to every one having shall be given, and he shall be in abundance: and from him not having, also what he has shall be taken away from him. And cast ye the useless servant into darkness without; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.
Then he said, A certain honourable man went into a country far off to take unto himself a kingdom, and to return. And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten coins, and said to them, Attend to business, till I come. And his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We wish not this to reign over us.read more.
And it was in his coming back, having received the kingdom, and he spake to have these servants called to him, to whom he gave the silver, that he might know who had attended to any business. And the first approached, saying, Lord, thy coin has gained ten coins. And he said to him, Well, good servant: because thou west faithful in the least, be thou having power over ten cities. And the second came saying, Lord, thy coin made five coins. And he said to him, And be thou over five cities. And another came saying, Lord, behold, thy coin which I have placed in a napkin: For I feared thee, for thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and thou reapest what thou didst not sow. And he said to him, Out of thy month will I judge thee, O evil servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I sowed not: And wherefore gavest thou not my silver to the bankers, and I having come had received it with interest? And to those standing by he said, Take away from him the coin, and give to him having the ten coins. (And they said to him, Lord, he has ten coins.) For I say to you, That to every one having shall be given; and from him not having, and what he has shall be taken away from him.
Neglect not the power which in thee, which was given thee by the gift of prophecy, with the putting on of hands of the council of elders.
If any speak, as the oracles of God; if any serve, as of the strength which God furnishes: that in all God might be praised by Jesus Christ, in whom is the glory and strength for the time of times. Amen.
And all the wise of heart among you shall come, and shall do all which Jehovah commanded;
And Hiram will make the washbasins and the shovels and the vases: and Hiram will finish doing all the work which he made for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah.
And their brethren, heads to the house of their fathers, a thousand seven hundred and sixty; strong ones of power, the work of the service of the house of God.
Confess to Jehovah upon the harp: upon an instrument of ten strings play ye to him. Sing to him a new song; make cheerful playing with a loud noise.
How shall we sing the song of Jehovah upon the land of a stranger? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand shall be forgotten.
Whether therefore ye eat, whether ye drink, or what ye do, do ye all things to the glory of God.
As each received favor, serving the same among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
So also ye, since ye are zealous of spirits, for the building up of the church seek that ye may abound.
For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:
And after much time the lord of these servants comes, and lifts up the word with them.
And it was in his coming back, having received the kingdom, and he spake to have these servants called to him, to whom he gave the silver, that he might know who had attended to any business.
And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his parts.
And he sent a servant to the husbandmen in time, that he might receive of the husbandmen from the fruit of the vineyard.
And in time he sent a servant to the farmers, that they give him from the fruit of the vineyard: and the farmers, skinning, sent him out empty.
And he not having known, and having done things worthy of blows, shall be skinned with few. And to every one to whom much was given, shall much be required of him: and with whom they have deposited much, they will ask of him the more.
And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant: thou west faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord.
His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord. And he also having received one talent, having come near, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou sowedst not, and gathering where thou scatteredst not: And having been afraid, having gone away, I concealed thy talent in the earth; see, thou hast thine own.read more.
And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not: Thou therefore oughtest to have cast my silver to the money changers, and I having come, had received mine own, with interest Therefore take the talent away from him, and give him having ten talents. For to every one having shall be given, and he shall be in abundance: and from him not having, also what he has shall be taken away from him. And cast ye the useless servant into darkness without; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.
And he said to him, Well, good servant: because thou west faithful in the least, be thou having power over ten cities. And the second came saying, Lord, thy coin made five coins. And he said to him, And be thou over five cities.read more.
And another came saying, Lord, behold, thy coin which I have placed in a napkin: For I feared thee, for thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and thou reapest what thou didst not sow. And he said to him, Out of thy month will I judge thee, O evil servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I sowed not: And wherefore gavest thou not my silver to the bankers, and I having come had received it with interest? And to those standing by he said, Take away from him the coin, and give to him having the ten coins. (And they said to him, Lord, he has ten coins.) For I say to you, That to every one having shall be given; and from him not having, and what he has shall be taken away from him.
