2 Corinthians 9:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

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  • Exod 25:2 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: from every man who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 Or he who exhorts, on exhortation: he who gives, let him do it with simplicity; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother. 8 But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants. 9 Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you. 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 shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress: of that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
  • Exod 35:5 : 5 Take from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and bronze,
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 The generous soul shall be made rich, and he who waters shall be watered also himself.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies: 7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you. 8 The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.
  • Isa 32:5 : 5 The vile person shall no longer be called noble, nor the miser said to be generous.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble man devises noble things, and by noble things he will stand.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 9:5-6
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    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brethren, that they would go ahead to you and prepare in advance your generous gift, which had been promised before, that it might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not as of covetousness.

    6But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  • Deut 16:17
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    17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

  • 2 Cor 9:8-13
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    8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work:

    9As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever.

    10Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness;

    11Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.

    12For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but is also abundant through many thanksgivings to God;

    13While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men;

  • 2 Cor 8:11-15
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    11Now therefore complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire, so there may be a completion out of what you have.

    12For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

    13For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

    14But by equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, and their abundance may supply your lack, that there may be equality:

    15As it is written, 'He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.'

  • Deut 15:9-10
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    9Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.

    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 shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.

  • Rom 12:8
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    8Or he who exhorts, on exhortation: he who gives, let him do it with simplicity; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Exod 25:2
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    2Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: from every man who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.

  • 1 Cor 16:1-2
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    1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have instructed the churches of Galatia, so you must do as well.

    2On the first day of the week, let each of you set aside and store up as God has prospered him, so there will be no collections when I come.

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7With goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

  • Luke 6:38
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    38Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured back to you.

  • 1 Tim 6:17-18
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    17Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

    18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share;

  • 1 Chr 29:9
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    9Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, for with a perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and King David also rejoiced with great joy.

  • 2 Cor 8:2-3
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    2How in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the riches of their generosity.

    3For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they were willing of themselves;

  • Acts 11:29
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    29Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers dwelling in Judea:

  • 2 Cor 7:9
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    9Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-9
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    7Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us, see that you abound in this grace also.

    8I speak not by commandment, but as a test of the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.

    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.

  • Col 3:23
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    23And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men.

  • 1 Cor 9:17
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    17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

  • Mal 3:8
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    8Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, 'In what way have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.

  • Rom 2:6
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    6Who will render to each person according to his deeds:

  • Gal 6:6
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    6Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.

  • Exod 35:29
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    29The children of Israel brought a willing offering to the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

  • Eccl 5:19
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    19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7For I wish that all men were as I am. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20Avoiding this, that anyone should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us;

  • 1 Pet 4:10
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    10As every person has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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

  • Deut 16:10
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    10And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give to the LORD your God, according to how the LORD your God has blessed you:

  • Exod 35:5
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    5Take from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and bronze,

  • Gal 6:9
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    9And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

  • Mal 3:10
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    10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it.