Verse 7

Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 25:2 : 2 Speake vnto the childre of Israel, that thei bring me an offering: ye shall take it of euery man that geueth it willingly with his heart.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there be first a wyllyng mynde, it is accepted accordyng to that a man hath, and not accordyng to that he hath not.
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 Or he that exhorteth, in exhortyng, he that geueth in singlenesse, he that ruleth in diligence, he that is mercifull in chearefulnesse.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I wot also my God that thou tryest the heartes, and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse, & in the vnfaonednesse of myne heart I haue wyllingly offered al these thinges: And now haue I seene thy people which are founde here to offer vnto thee wyllyngly, and with gladnesse.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If one of thy brethren among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee: thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut to thine hande from thy poore brother: 8 But thou shalt open thine hande vnto hym, and lende hym sufficient for his neede which he hath. 9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, the seuenth yere, the yere of freedome is at hande: and therfore it greeueth thee to loke on thy poore brother, and geuest hym naught, and he then crye vnto the Lorde agaynst thee, and it be sinne vnto thee: 10 Thou shalt geue hym, and let it not greeue thine heart to geue vnto hym: Because that for this thyng the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hande to. 11 The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 But shalt geue hym of thy sheepe, of thy corne, and of thy wine, and geue hym of that wherwith the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee.
  • Exod 35:5 : 5 Take from amongest you an heaue offering vnto the Lorde: Whosoeuer is of a wyllyng heart, let hym bryng that heaue offeryng to the Lorde, namely golde, syluer, and brasse,
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 He that is liberall in geuyng, shall haue plentie: and he that watereth, shalbe watered also hym selfe.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate. 7 For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes.
  • Isa 32:5 : 5 Then shall the foolishe nigarde be no more called gentle, nor the churle liberall.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Grudge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be dampned: Beholde, the iudge standeth before the doore.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Be ye harberous one to another, without grudgyng.