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Generosity and Giving New Testament Scripture

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Matthew 6:2-4
“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing…”

Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters….”

Matthew 10:8b
“Freely you have received, freely give.”

Matthew 25:14-30
“You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.”

Matthew 25:34-46
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,…”

Mark 4:24
“With the measure you use, it will be measured to you…”

Mark 10:17-25
“But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Mark 12:41-44
“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more…”

Luke 6:38
“For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Luke 11:41-42
“be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.”

Luke 12:15
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed”

Luke 12:34
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Luke 16:10-13
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much,…”

Luke 20:25
“Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,…”

Luke 21:1-4
“All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Acts 20:35
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Acts 2:44-45
“All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.”

I Corinthians 4:1-2
“Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”

2 Corinthians 8:2-5
“…their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.”

2 Corinthians 8:9
“…that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,…”

2 Corinthians 9:6-12
“…whoever sows generously will also reap generously…”

I Timothy 6:17-19
“Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.”

Hebrews 13:16
“And do not forget to do good and to share with others…”

James 2:15-26
“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”

I Peter 4:10-11
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”



Generosity and Giving Old Testament Scriptures

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Exodus 23:15-19
“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God….”

Exodus 35:4-29
“This is what the LORD has commanded: From what you have, take an offering …”

Leviticus 27:30-33
“A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees…”

Deuteronomy 8:18
“But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth…”

Deuteronomy 15:7-11
“If anyone is poor among your people…”

Deuteronomy 16:17
“Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way…”

I Chronicles 16:29
“Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name…”

I Chronicles 29:1-9
“In my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures…”

Psalm 37:20-22
“those the LORD blesses will inherit the land…”

Proverbs 3:9-10
“Honor the LORD with your wealth…”

Proverbs 11:23-25
“A generous person will prosper…”

Proverbs 22:9
The generous will themselves be blessed…”

Ecclesiastes 5:1
“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God….”

Malachi 3:8-11
“Will a mere mortal rob God?…”

Numbers 18:8-30
“…you must present a tenth of that tithe as the LORD’s offering.”