Deuteronomy 16:17

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Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

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  • Lev 27:8 : 8 If someone is too poor to pay the valuation, they shall present the individual before the priest, and the priest shall assess the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
  • Deut 16:10 : 10 Celebrate 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.
  • 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.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-7 : 6 Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each person should give as they have decided in their heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
  • Ezra 2:63 : 63 The governor instructed them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest could consult the Urim and Thummim.
  • Mark 12:41-44 : 41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched how the crowd was putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small coins, which amounted to a penny. 43 Summoning his disciples, he said to them, 'Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, has put in everything she had—all she had to live on.'

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  • Deut 15:10
    81%

    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.

  • Deut 16:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10 Celebrate 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.

    11 Rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite in your towns, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow living among you, in the place the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.

  • Deut 15:14
    79%

    14 Provide them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.

  • 2 Cor 9:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

  • Deut 16:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

    16 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord your God at the place He will choose: during the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.

  • Deut 26:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11 Then you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given you and your household—you, the Levite, and the foreigner residing among you.

    12 When you have finished tithing all the produce of your third-year harvest, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow so that they may eat within your towns and be satisfied.

    13 Then you shall say before the LORD your God, 'I have removed the sacred portion from my house and also have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all your commands. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commandments.'

  • Deut 28:8
    73%

    8 The LORD will command the blessing on your storehouses and on all you set your hand to do. He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Exod 25:2
    73%

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

  • Deut 14:25-29
    5 verses
    73%

    25 you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses.

    26 Then you may spend the money on whatever you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you wish. You shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.

    27 And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

    28 At the end of every three years, bring out a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it within your towns.

    29 Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Num 5:10
    73%

    10 Each man’s holy gifts belong to him, but whatever someone gives to the priest will belong to the priest.

  • Deut 14:22
    73%

    22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.

  • Exod 30:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 Everyone who is counted in the census, twenty years old and above, must give the LORD’s offering.

    15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when giving the LORD’s offering to make atonement for your lives.

  • Deut 12:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 Bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, what you have vowed to give, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

    7 There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has blessed you with.

  • 2 Cor 8:12
    73%

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

  • Exod 16:16
    72%

    16 This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Each person is to gather as much as they need to eat. Take an omer for each person according to the number of people in your tent.'

  • Num 15:12
    72%

    12 Do these instructions according to the number of animals you prepare—one for each.

  • Deut 18:4
    72%

    4 You shall give him the firstfruits of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep.

  • Num 18:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 Out of all your gifts, you must present the very best part, the sacred portion, as an offering to the LORD.

    30 Say to the Levites: When you present the best of it, it will be credited to you, as if it were the produce of the threshing floor and the produce of the wine press.

  • Deut 12:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or any of your vowed offerings, freewill offerings, or special contributions.

    18 Instead, you are to eat these in the presence of the Lord your God, at the place the Lord your God will choose—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you undertake.

  • Prov 19:17
    72%

    17 Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.

  • Deut 15:4
    72%

    4 However, there should be no poor among you, for the Lord will certainly bless you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess.

  • Deut 15:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 28:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

    12 The LORD will open the heavens, His rich treasury, to give rain to your land in its season and bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

  • Num 18:27
    72%

    27 Your contribution will be credited to you as though it were the grain from the threshing floor or the fullness from the wine press.

  • Prov 22:9
    71%

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

  • Exod 35:29
    71%

    29 All 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.

  • Deut 26:2
    71%

    2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket. Then you shall go to the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His name,

  • Eccl 5:19
    71%

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

  • Exod 23:17
    71%

    17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign Lord, the LORD.

  • Deut 8:18
    71%

    18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the power to gain wealth, so that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is today.

  • Luke 6:38
    71%

    38 Give, 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.

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

  • Lev 27:8
    70%

    8 If someone is too poor to pay the valuation, they shall present the individual before the priest, and the priest shall assess the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

  • Deut 16:18
    70%

    18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

  • Num 15:21
    70%

    21 From the first of your dough, you shall give a contribution to the Lord for all your generations.