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Cheerful giving
God loves a cheerful giver. Generosity is not about the amount but the heart behind it. When we give freely, we reflect the character of God who gave His Son for us. These verses teach the principles of biblical giving and reveal the blessings that flow from a generous spirit.
"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."Read full explanation
"I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive."Read full explanation
"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."Read full explanation
"The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."Read full explanation
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."Read full explanation
"But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:"Read full explanation
"That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly."Read full explanation
"That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;"Read full explanation
"But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."Read full explanation
"He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor."Read full explanation
"Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto."Read full explanation
"And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much."Read full explanation
"And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing."Read full explanation
"For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not."Read full explanation