2 Corinthians 9:7

American Standard Version (1901)

[ Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

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  • Exod 25:2 : 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, [let him do it] with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye 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.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother; 8 but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
  • Exod 35:5 : 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah's offering: gold, and silver, and brass,
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties: 7 For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
  • Isa 32:5 : 5 The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

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  • 2 Cor 9:5-6
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    5I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

    6But this [I say], He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

  • Deut 16:17
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    17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

  • 2 Cor 9:8-13
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    8And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

    9as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.

    10And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

    11ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.

    12For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;

    13seeing that through the proving [of you] by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of [your] contribution unto them and unto all;

  • 2 Cor 8:11-15
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    11But now complete the doing also; that as [there was] the readiness to will, so [there may be] the completion also out of your ability.

    12For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.

    13For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed;

    14but by equality: your abundance [being a supply] at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become [a supply] for your want; that there may be equality:

    15as it is written, He that [gathered] much had nothing over; and he that [gathered] little had no lack.

  • Deut 15:9-10
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    9Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

    10Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

  • Rom 12:8
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    8or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, [let him do it] with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • Exod 25:2
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    2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.

  • 1 Cor 16:1-2
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    1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.

    2Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:

  • Luke 6:38
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    38give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

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    17Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

    18that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

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    9Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

  • 2 Cor 8:2-3
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    2how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

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    29And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:

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    9I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.

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    7But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. [

    8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

    9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

  • Col 3:23
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    23whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

  • 1 Cor 9:17
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    17For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.

  • Mal 3:8
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    8Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

  • Rom 2:6
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    6who will render to every man according to his works:

  • Gal 6:6
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    6But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

  • Exod 35:29
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    29The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto Jehovah; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses.

  • Eccl 5:19
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    19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20Avoiding this, that any man should blame us in [the matter of] this bounty which is ministered by us:

  • 1 Pet 4:10
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    10according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

  • Phil 4:17
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    17Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

  • Deut 16:10
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    10And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Jehovah thy God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God blesseth thee:

  • Exod 35:5
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    5Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah's offering: gold, and silver, and brass,

  • Gal 6:9
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    9And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  • Mal 3:10
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    10Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 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] .