2 Corinthians 9:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

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  • Exod 25:2 : 2 Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him; 8 But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of. 9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you. 10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand. 11 For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 But give him freely from your flock and from your grain and your wine: in the measure of the wealth which the Lord your God has given you, you are to give to him.
  • Exod 35:5 : 5 Take from among you an offering to the Lord; everyone who has the impulse in his heart, let him give his offering to the Lord; gold and silver and brass;
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: 7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you. 8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
  • Isa 32:5 : 5 The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 9:5-6
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    5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • Deut 16:17
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    17 Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.

  • 2 Cor 9:8-13
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    8 And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:

    9 As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

    10 And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

    11 Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

    12 For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

    13 For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

  • 2 Cor 8:11-15
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    11 Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.

    12 For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

    14 But so that things may be equal; that from those things of which you have more than enough at the present time their need may be helped, and that if you are in any need they may be a help to you in the same way, making things equal.

    15 As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.

  • Deut 15:9-10
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    9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

    10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.

  • Rom 12:8
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    8 He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Exod 25:2
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    2 Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.

  • 1 Cor 16:1-2
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    1 Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.

    2 On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

    7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

  • Luke 6:38
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    38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

  • 1 Tim 6:17-18
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    17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

    18 And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;

  • 1 Chr 29:9
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    9 Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.

  • 2 Cor 8:2-3
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    2 How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.

    3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

  • Acts 11:29
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    29 And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

  • 2 Cor 7:9
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    9 Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-9
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    7 And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

    8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

    9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

  • Col 3:23
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    23 Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;

  • 1 Cor 9:17
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    17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

  • Mal 3:8
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    8 Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.

  • Rom 2:6
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    6 Who will give to every man his right reward:

  • Gal 6:6
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    6 But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

  • Exod 35:29
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    29 The children of Israel, every man and woman, from the impulse of their hearts, gave their offerings freely to the Lord for the work which the Lord had given Moses orders to have done.

  • Eccl 5:19
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    19 He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20 And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

  • 1 Pet 4:10
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    10 Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

  • Phil 4:17
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    17 Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

  • Deut 16:10
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    10 Then keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God, with an offering freely given to him from the wealth he has given you:

  • Exod 35:5
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    5 Take from among you an offering to the Lord; everyone who has the impulse in his heart, let him give his offering to the Lord; gold and silver and brass;

  • Gal 6:9
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    9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

  • Mal 3:10
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    10 Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.