Verse 7
[ Let] each man{G1538} [do] according as{G2531} he hath purposed{G4255} in his heart:{G2588} not{G3361} {G1537} grudgingly,{G3077} or{G2228} of{G1537} necessity:{G318} for{G1063} God{G2316} loveth{G25} a cheerful{G2431} giver.{G1395}
Referenced Verses
- Exod 25:2 : 2 Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that they take{H3947} for me an offering:{H8641} of every man{H376} whose heart{H3820} maketh him willing{H5068} ye shall take{H3947} my offering.{H8641}
- 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For{G1063} if{G1487} the readiness{G4288} is there,{G4295} [it is] acceptable{G2144} according as{G2526} [a man]{G5100} hath,{G1437} not{G3756} according as{G2526} [he] hath{G2192} not.{G3756}
- Rom 12:8 : 8 or{G1535} he that exhorteth,{G3870} to{G1722} his exhorting:{G3874} he that giveth,{G3330} [let him do it] with{G1722} liberality;{G572} he that ruleth,{G4291} with{G1722} diligence;{G4710} he that showeth mercy,{G1653} with{G1722} cheerfulness.{G2432}
- 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know{H3045} also, my God,{H430} that thou triest{H974} the heart,{H3824} and hast pleasure{H7521} in uprightness.{H3476} As for me, in the uprightness{H4339} of my heart{H3824} I have willingly offered{H5068} all these things: and now have I seen{H7200} with joy{H8057} thy people,{H5971} that are present{H4672} here, offer willingly{H5068} unto thee.
- Acts 20:35 : 35 In all things{G3956} I gave you{G5213} an example,{G5263} that{G3754} so{G3779} laboring{G2872} ye ought{G1163} to help{G482} the weak,{G770} and{G5037} to remember{G3421} the words{G3056} of the Lord{G2962} Jesus,{G2424} that{G3754} he himself{G846} said,{G2036} It is{G2076} more{G3123} blessed{G3107} to give{G1325} than{G2228} to receive.{G2983}
- Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there be with thee a poor man,{H34} one{H259} of thy brethren,{H251} within any{H259} of thy gates{H8179} in thy land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, thou shalt not harden{H553} thy heart,{H3824} nor shut{H7092} thy hand{H3027} from thy poor{H34} brother;{H251} 8 but thou shalt surely{H6605} open{H6605} thy hand{H3027} unto him, and shalt surely{H5670} lend{H5670} him sufficient{H1767} for his need{H4270} [in that] which he wanteth.{H2637} 9 Beware{H8104} that there be not a base{H1100} thought{H1697} in thy heart,{H3824} saying,{H559} The seventh{H7651} year,{H8141} the year{H8141} of release,{H8059} is at hand;{H7126} and thine eye{H5869} be evil{H7489} against thy poor{H34} brother,{H251} and thou give{H5414} him nought; and he cry{H7121} unto Jehovah{H3068} against thee, and it be sin{H2399} unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely{H5414} give{H5414} him, and thy heart{H3824} shall not be grieved{H3415} when thou givest{H5414} unto him; because{H1558} that for this thing{H1697} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will bless{H1288} thee in all thy work,{H4639} and in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto. 11 For the poor{H34} will never cease{H2308} out of{H7130} the land:{H776} therefore I command{H6680} thee, saying,{H559} Thou shalt surely{H6605} open{H6605} thy hand{H3027} unto thy brother,{H251} to thy needy,{H34} and to thy poor,{H6041} in thy land.{H776}
- Deut 15:14 : 14 thou shalt furnish{H6059} him liberally{H6059} out of thy flock,{H6629} and out of thy threshing-floor,{H1637} and out of thy winepress;{H3342} as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath blessed{H1288} thee thou shalt give{H5414} unto him.
- Exod 35:5 : 5 Take{H3947} ye from among you an offering{H8641} unto Jehovah;{H3068} whosoever{H3605} is of a willing{H5081} heart,{H3820} let him bring{H935} it, Jehovah's{H3068} offering:{H8641} gold,{H2091} and silver,{H3701} and brass,{H5178}
- Prov 11:25 : 25 The liberal{H1293} soul{H5315} shall be made fat;{H1878} And he that watereth{H7301} shall be watered{H3384} also himself.
- Prov 22:9 : 9 He that hath a bountiful{H2896} eye{H5869} shall be blessed;{H1288} For he giveth{H5414} of his bread{H3899} to the poor.{H1800}
- Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Eat{H3898} thou not the bread{H3899} of him that hath an evil{H7451} eye,{H5869} Neither desire{H183} thou his dainties:{H4303} 7 For as he thinketh{H8176} within{H5315} himself, so is he: Eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} saith{H559} he to thee; But his heart{H3820} is not with thee. 8 The morsel{H6595} which thou hast eaten{H398} shalt thou vomit up,{H6958} And lose{H7843} thy sweet{H5273} words.{H1697}
- Isa 32:5 : 5 The fool{H5036} shall be no more called{H7121} noble,{H5081} nor the churl{H3596} said{H559} to be bountiful.{H7771}
- Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble{H5081} deviseth{H3289} noble{H5081} things;{H5081} and in noble things{H5081} shall he continue.
- Jas 5:9 : 9 Murmur{G4727} not,{G3361} brethren,{G80} one against{G2596} another,{G240} that ye be not{G3361} judged:{G4253} behold,{G2400} the judge{G4253} standeth{G2476} before{G3588} the doors.{G2476}
- 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 using hospitality{G5382} one{G240} to{G1519} another{G240} without{G427} murmuring:{G1112}