Bible Verses about Giving

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• Each person should give as much as he has decided in his heart, not with reluctance or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
  2 Corinthians 9:7joyheartgenerosity
• But who am I, and what are your people,
  that we should be able to do this?
  All things belong to you,
  and everything that we have given you is from your hand.
  1 Chronicles 29:14moneydependence
• A gift opens doors for the giver
  and wins him access to the powerful.
  Proverbs 18:16reward
• A generous person will be enriched;
  he who refreshes others will also be refreshed.
  Proverbs 11:25generosityfoodselfishness
• As long as the goodwill is present, the gift will be acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
  2 Corinthians 8:12encouragementgenerosity
• Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. The measure that you use for others will be used to measure you.
  Luke 6:38rewardreceivinggenerosity
• Honor the Lord with your wealth
  and with the firstfruits of all your crops.
  Proverbs 3:9moneysacrificeharvest
• Enriched in every way, you will be able to practice all your acts of generosity, which, through our intervention, will result in thanksgiving to God.
  2 Corinthians 9:11generosityblessinggratitude
• The one who provides seed for sowing and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
  2 Corinthians 9:10righteousnessfoodgenerosity
• And God is able to enrich you with an abundance of every grace, so that, with all of your needs provided for, you may be able to produce a surplus of good works.
  2 Corinthians 9:8blessingworryinggoodness
• Do not withhold kindness from anyone to whom it is due
  when it is in your power to grant it.
  Proverbs 3:27honestydebt
• Bring the tithes in full into the treasury
  so that there may be food in my house.
  Put me thus to the test,
  says the Lord of hosts,
  and see if I will not open
  the windows of heaven for you
  and pour down blessings upon you
  without measure.
  Malachi 3:10foodblessingharvest
• Therefore, whenever you give alms, do not trumpet your generosity, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets in order to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have already received their reward.
  Matthew 6:2humilityreward
• Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not demand the return of what is yours from the one who has taken it.
  Luke 6:30debtgenerosity
• Take delight in the Lord,
  and he will grant you what your heart desires.
  Psalm 37:4seekingheart
• All day long the godless man continues to covet,
  whereas the righteous man gives unsparingly.
  Proverbs 21:26greedmaterialismdesires
• Jesus replied, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
  Matthew 19:21blamelessmaterialismheaven
• If I give away everything to feed the poor
  and hand over my body to be burned,
  but do not have love,
  I achieve nothing.
  1 Corinthians 13:3lovesufferingpride
• The wicked man borrows but neglects to repay,
  whereas the righteous man is generous in giving.
  Psalm 37:21debtmoneyrighteousness
• But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Your almsgiving must be done in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you.
  Matthew 6:3-4rewardFather
• Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. You received without payment; give in the same way.
  Matthew 10:8healingreceivingsickness
• Then Nehemiah added: “You now may go. Eat rich food and drink what is sweet. Moreover, send some of these to those for whom nothing has been prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. Furthermore, do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
  Nehemiah 8:10foodjoy
• Speak out and pronounce righteous judgments;
  defend the rights of the wretched and the poor.
  Proverbs 31:9righteousnessspeakingwidows
• Remember this: if you sow sparingly, you will reap sparingly, and if you sow generously, you will reap generously as well.
  2 Corinthians 9:6harvestgenerosity
• He said to them in reply, “Anyone who has two coats must share with the person who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”
  Luke 3:11materialismpovertyneighbor