2 Corinthians 9:7

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Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

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  • Exod 25:2 : 2 “Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said,‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition. 8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. 10 You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt. 11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress– as the LORD your God has blessed you, you must give to them.
  • Exod 35:5 : 5 ‘Take an offering for the LORD. Let everyone who has a willing heart bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, bronze,
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies; 7 for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you; 8 you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
  • Isa 32:5 : 5 A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

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  • 2 Cor 9:5-6
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    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Deut 16:17
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    17Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.

  • 2 Cor 9:8-13
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    8And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.

    9Just as it is written,“He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.”

    10Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

    11You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

    12because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

    13Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.

  • 2 Cor 8:11-15
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    11to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

    12For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

    14At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus 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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    9Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.

    10You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

  • Rom 12:8
    74%

    8if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

  • Prov 22:9
    72%

    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Exod 25:2
    72%

    2“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering.

  • 1 Cor 16:1-2
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    1A Collection to Aid Jewish Christians With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:

    2On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6not like those who do their work only when someone is watching– as people-pleasers– but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

    7Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

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

  • 1 Tim 6:17-18
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    17Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

    18Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.

  • 1 Chr 29:9
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    9The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the LORD with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

  • 2 Cor 8:2-3
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    2that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

    3For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,

  • Acts 11:29
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    29So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

  • 2 Cor 7:9
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    9Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-9
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    7But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

  • Col 3:23
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    23Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

  • 1 Cor 9:17
    70%

    17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

  • Mal 3:8
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    8Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say,‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!

  • Rom 2:6
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    6He will reward each one according to his works:

  • Gal 6:6
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    6Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches it.

  • Exod 35:29
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    29The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the LORD, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

  • Eccl 5:19
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    19To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

  • 1 Pet 4:10
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    10Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

  • Phil 4:17
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    17I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

  • Deut 16:10
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    10Then you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks before the LORD your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring, in proportion to how he has blessed you.

  • Exod 35:5
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    5‘Take an offering for the LORD. Let everyone who has a willing heart bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, bronze,

  • Gal 6:9
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    9So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

  • Mal 3:10
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    10“Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you until there is no room for it all.