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Bible verses about generosity

God loves a cheerful giver, and it is more blessed to give than to receive. Scripture describes generosity as a response to a generous God, and promises that those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

  1. God loveth a cheerful giver

    2 Corinthians 9:7

    Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
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  2. More blessed to give than to receive

    Acts 20:35

    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.
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  3. Give, and it shall be given unto you

    Luke 6:38

    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.
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  4. The liberal soul shall be made fat

    Proverbs 11:25

    The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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  5. Lendeth unto the LORD

    Proverbs 19:17

    He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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  6. Bring ye all the tithes

    Malachi 3:10

    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.
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