Deuteronomy 16:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 27:8 : 8 But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.
  • Deut 16:10 : 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:
  • 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.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-7 : 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. 7 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.
  • Ezra 2:63 : 63 And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.
  • Mark 12:41-44 : 41 And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much. 42 And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing. 43 And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box: 44 Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 15:10
    81%

    10But 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.

  • Deut 16:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

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

    11Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

  • Deut 15:14
    79%

    14But 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.

  • 2 Cor 9:6-7
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    6But 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.

    7Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

  • Deut 16:15-16
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    15Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.

    16Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands;

  • Deut 26:11-13
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    11And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.

    12When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;

    13And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your orders, in nothing have I gone against them:

  • Deut 28:8
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    8The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Exod 25:2
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    2Say 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.

  • Deut 14:25-29
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    25Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

    26And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

    27And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

    28At the end of every three years take a tenth part of all your increase for that year, and put it in store inside your walls:

    29And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

  • Num 5:10
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    10And every man's holy things will be his: whatever a man gives to the priest will be his.

  • Deut 14:22
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    22Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.

  • Exod 30:14-15
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    14Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, is to give an offering to the Lord.

    15The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives.

  • Deut 12:6-7
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    6And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;

    7There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

  • 2 Cor 8:12
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    12For 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.

  • Exod 16:16
    72%

    16This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.

  • Num 15:12
    72%

    12Whatever number you make ready, so you are to do for every one.

  • Deut 18:4
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    4And in addition you are to give him the first of your grain and wine and oil, and the first wool cut from your sheep.

  • Num 18:29-30
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    72%

    29From everything given to you, let the best of it, the holy part of it, be offered as a lifted offering to the Lord.

    30Say to them, then, When the best of it is lifted up on high, it is to be put to the account of the Levites as the increase of the grain-floor and of the place where the grapes are crushed.

  • Deut 12:17-18
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    72%

    17In your towns you are not to take as food the tenth part of your grain, or of your wine or your oil, or the first births of your herds or of your flocks, or anything offered under an oath, or freely offered to the Lord, or given as a lifted offering;

    18But they will be your food before the Lord your God in the place of his selection, where you may make a feast of them, with your son and your daughter, and your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is living with you: and you will have joy before the Lord your God in everything to which you put your hand.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Deut 15:4
    72%

    4But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;

  • Deut 15:7-8
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    72%

    7If 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;

    8But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

  • Deut 28:11-12
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    11And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.

    12Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

  • Num 18:27
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    27And this lifted offering is to be put to your credit as if it was grain from the grain-floor and wine from the vines.

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

  • Exod 35:29
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    29The 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.

  • Deut 26:2
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    2You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.

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

  • Exod 23:17
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    17Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord God.

  • Deut 8:18
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    18But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.

  • Luke 6:38
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    38Give, 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.

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

  • Lev 27:8
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    8But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.

  • Deut 16:18
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    18You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

  • Num 15:21
    70%

    21From generation to generation you are to give to the Lord a lifted offering from the first of your rough meal.