'Gives' in the Bible

No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.

But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.

He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

And whoever gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—I assure you: He will never lose his reward!”

The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

If David then gives him the name of Lord, how is he his son?

Up, let us be going: see, he who gives me up is near.

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You certainly are one of them, since even your accent gives you away.”

They were all so amazed that they debated and questioned each other, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits (demons), and they obey Him.”

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.

The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake and the gospel’s will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].

Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

And whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of My name, since you belong to the Messiah—I assure you: He will never lose his reward.

David himself gives him the name of Lord; and how then is he his son? And the common people gave ear to him gladly.

It is like a man away on a journey, who when he left home put his servants in charge, each with his particular task, and also ordered the doorkeeper to be continually alert.

Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.

And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

Overwhelmed with amazement, they all kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? because with authority and power he gives orders to unclean spirits, and they come out!"

If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins?

And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.

And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Now if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays."

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions."

And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

David then gives him the name of Lord, so how is it possible for him to be his son?

Day after day when I was with you in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power and authority of darkness are yours.”

The true light, who gives light to everyone,was coming into the world.

I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to anyone He wants to.

So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

There is Another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives about Me is valid.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Moses didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the real bread from heaven.

For the bread of God is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never cast out.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him [giving him the desire to come to Me]; and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.

I am the Bread of Life [the Living Bread which gives and sustains life].

The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

There was a lot of whispered discussion and murmuring among the crowds about Him. Some were saying, “He is a good man”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He misleads the people [giving them false ideas].”

I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

Jesus answers, He it is to whom I, after I have dipped the morsel, give it. And having dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas son of Simon, Iscariote.

“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful.

I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world.

For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.

And he (John, the eyewitness) who has seen it has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also [who read this] may believe.

Jesus comes and takes the bread and gives it to them, and the fish in like manner.

This is the disciple who gives witness about these things and who put them in writing: and we have knowledge that his witness is true.

Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.

Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations. He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

But God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us while we were still sinners.

For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.