14 Bible Verses about Giving Without Expecting Return

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

Yet he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."

and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk."

This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

Give to him who asks you, and do not turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;