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Bible Verses About Generosity

God loves a cheerful giver — and Scripture promises that generous souls are themselves refreshed. These Bible verses about generosity and giving reframe money, time, and talent as seeds.

2 Corinthians 9:6-7

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Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Proverbs 11:25

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The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

Luke 6:38

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“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

Acts 20:35

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In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Proverbs 19:17

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He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Matthew 6:3-4

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But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

1 Timothy 6:18-19

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that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

Proverbs 22:9

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He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Hebrews 13:16

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But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Malachi 3:10

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Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.

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