2 Corinthians 9:7

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Each person should give as they have decided in their heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

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  • Exod 25:2 : 2 Speak to the Israelites, so they take an offering for Me. Accept the offering from everyone whose heart moves them to give.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then do so generously; if it is leading, do it diligently; if it is showing mercy, do it cheerfully.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. In the uprightness of my heart, I have freely offered all these things; and now I have seen your people, who are present here, joyfully and willingly give to you.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 In all this, I have shown you that by working hard in this way, we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother. 8 Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake. 11 For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 Provide them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.
  • Exod 35:5 : 5 Take a contribution for the LORD from what you have. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring the LORD's offering: gold, silver, and bronze.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 A generous soul will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 The generous person will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy person, nor crave his delicacies. 7 For as he thinks within himself, so is he. He says to you, 'Eat and drink,' but his heart is not with you. 8 You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
  • Isa 32:5 : 5 No longer will a fool be called noble, nor the miser said to be generous.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But a noble person makes honorable plans, and by honorable deeds he stands.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

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  • 2 Cor 9:5-6
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    5So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go ahead to you and prepare in advance the generous gift you had promised, so that it may be ready as a blessing, and not as something given reluctantly.

    6Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Deut 16:17
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    17Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

  • 2 Cor 9:8-13
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    8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in every way, at all times, having all that you need, you may abound in every good work.

    9As it is written: 'He has scattered; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.'

    10Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

    11You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.

    12For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

    13Because of the proof provided by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with all.

  • 2 Cor 8:11-15
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    11Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.

    12For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

    13Our desire is not for others to be relieved while you are burdened, but for equality.

    14At the present time, your abundance should meet their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need—so that there may be equality.

    15As it is written: 'The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.'

  • Deut 15:9-10
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    76%

    9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    10You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake.

  • Rom 12:8
    74%

    8if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then do so generously; if it is leading, do it diligently; if it is showing mercy, do it cheerfully.

  • Prov 22:9
    72%

    9The generous person will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

  • Exod 25:2
    72%

    2Speak to the Israelites, so they take an offering for Me. Accept the offering from everyone whose heart moves them to give.

  • 1 Cor 16:1-2
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    1Now concerning the collection for the saints: just as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.

    2On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside something, storing up whatever you may have prospered, so that there will be no collections when I come.

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6Do not work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

    7Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people,

  • Luke 6:38
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    38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

  • 1 Tim 6:17-18
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    17Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

    18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share.

  • 1 Chr 29:9
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    9The people rejoiced at their willing offering, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD. And King David also rejoiced greatly.

  • 2 Cor 8:2-3
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    2In the midst of a severe trial brought by affliction, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty overflowed into abundant generosity.

    3For I testify that they gave according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, entirely on their own.

  • Acts 11:29
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    29The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea.

  • 2 Cor 7:9
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    9Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God intended, so that you would not suffer any loss from us.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-9
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    7But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

    8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.

  • Col 3:23
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    23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for people.

  • 1 Cor 9:17
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    17If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.

  • Mal 3:8
    69%

    8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you ask, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.

  • Rom 2:6
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    6He will repay each person according to their deeds.

  • Gal 6:6
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    6The one who is taught the word should share all good things with the one who teaches.

  • Exod 35:29
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    29All the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring offerings for all the work the LORD had commanded through Moses brought them as a freewill offering to the LORD.

  • Eccl 5:19
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    19For they seldom reflect on the days of their life because God keeps them occupied with joy in their hearts.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
    68%

    20We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticize us regarding this generous gift we are administering.

  • 1 Pet 4:10
    68%

    10Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

  • Phil 4:17
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    17Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

  • Deut 16:10
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    10Celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.

  • Exod 35:5
    68%

    5Take a contribution for the LORD from what you have. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring the LORD's offering: gold, silver, and bronze.

  • Gal 6:9
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    9Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • Mal 3:10
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    10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord of Hosts, and see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.