2 Corinthians 8:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 16:18 : 18 And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
  • Luke 22:35 : 35 And he said unto them, ‹When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing?› And they said, Nothing.

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  • 2 Cor 8:12-14
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    12For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.

    13For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

    14But by an equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality:

  • Exod 16:17-18
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    17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

    18And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-12
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    4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

    5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not as [of] covetousness.

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

    7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

    8And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work:

    9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

    10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

    11Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

    12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

  • 2 Cor 8:2-3
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    74%

    2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

    3For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power [they were] willing of themselves;

  • 2 Cor 11:9
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    9And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself].

  • 2 Cor 8:16
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    16¶ But thanks [be] to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

  • 2 Cor 8:5-9
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    5And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

    6Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

    7¶ Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all diligence, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.

    8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity 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 be rich.

  • 2 Cor 6:10
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    10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:

  • Acts 4:34-35
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    34Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

    35And laid [them] down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7¶ There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

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

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  • Matt 13:12
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    12‹For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.›

  • Matt 25:29
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    29‹For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.›

  • Mark 4:25
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    25‹For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.›

  • Acts 2:45
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    45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all [men], as every man had need.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1¶ For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

  • Prov 13:23
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    23¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

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    7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

  • Jas 2:15
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    15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

  • 1 Sam 2:5
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    5[They that were] full have hired out themselves for bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

  • John 6:12
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    12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, ‹Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.›

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    21‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›

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    29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

  • Phil 4:17-18
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    17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

    18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

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    34Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

  • Hag 1:6
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    6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.

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    8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.

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    12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.