2 Corinthians 9:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 25:2 : 2 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 or he who is exhorting -- `In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- `In simplicity!' he who is leading -- `In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- `In cheerfulness.'
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 `And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth `us' to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 `When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; 8 for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh. 9 `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin; 10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand; 11 because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; `of' that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,
  • Exod 35:5 : 5 Take ye from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah; every one whose heart `is' willing doth bring it, -- the heave-offering of Jehovah, -- gold, and silver, and brass,
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties, 7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so `is' he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart `is' not with thee. 8 Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that `are' sweet.
  • Isa 32:5 : 5 A fool is no more called `noble,' And to a miser it is not said, `rich;'
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Cor 9:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5 Necessary, therefore, I thought `it' to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.

    6 And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

  • Deut 16:17
    79%

    17 each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

  • 2 Cor 9:8-13
    6 verses
    78%

    8 and God `is' able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

    9 (according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,')

    10 and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

    11 in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

    12 because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

    13 through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and `for' the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

  • 2 Cor 8:11-15
    5 verses
    78%

    11 and now also finish doing `it', that even as `there is' the readiness of the will, so also the finishing, out of that which ye have,

    12 for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

    13 for not that for others release, and ye pressured, `do I speak,'

    14 but by equality, at the present time your abundance -- for their want, that also their abundance may be for your want, that there may be equality,

    15 according as it hath been written, `He who `did gather' much, had nothing over; and he who `did gather' little, had no lack.'

  • Deut 15:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

    10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

  • Rom 12:8
    74%

    8 or he who is exhorting -- `In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- `In simplicity!' he who is leading -- `In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- `In cheerfulness.'

  • Prov 22:9
    72%

    9 The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

  • Exod 25:2
    72%

    2 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

  • 1 Cor 16:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 And concerning the collection that `is' for the saints, as I directed to the assemblies of Galatia, so also ye -- do ye;

    2 on every first `day' of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

  • Eph 6:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

    7 with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

  • Luke 6:38
    71%

    38 `Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

  • 1 Tim 6:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

    18 to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,

  • 1 Chr 29:9
    70%

    9 And the people rejoice because of their offering willingly, for with a perfect heart they have offered willingly to Jehovah; and also David the king hath rejoiced -- great joy.

  • 2 Cor 8:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;

    3 because, according to `their' power, I testify, and above `their' power, they were willing of themselves,

  • Acts 11:29
    70%

    29 and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

  • 2 Cor 7:9
    70%

    9 I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

  • 2 Cor 8:7-9
    3 verses
    70%

    7 but even as in every thing ye do abound, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, that also in this grace ye may abound;

    8 not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

    9 for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

  • Col 3:23
    70%

    23 and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men,

  • 1 Cor 9:17
    70%

    17 for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

  • Mal 3:8
    69%

    8 Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!

  • Rom 2:6
    69%

    6 who shall render to each according to his works;

  • Gal 6:6
    69%

    6 And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing -- in all good things.

  • Exod 35:29
    69%

    29 every man and woman (whom their heart hath made willing to bring in for all the work which Jehovah commanded to be done by the hand of Moses) `of' the sons of Israel brought in a willing-offering to Jehovah.

  • Eccl 5:19
    68%

    19 Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
    68%

    7 for I wish all men to be even as I myself `am'; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
    68%

    20 avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,

  • 1 Pet 4:10
    68%

    10 each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

  • Phil 4:17
    68%

    17 not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account;

  • Deut 16:10
    68%

    10 and thou hast made the feast of weeks to Jehovah thy God, a tribute of a free-will offering of thy hand, which thou dost give, as Jehovah thy God doth bless thee.

  • Exod 35:5
    68%

    5 Take ye from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah; every one whose heart `is' willing doth bring it, -- the heave-offering of Jehovah, -- gold, and silver, and brass,

  • Gal 6:9
    68%

    9 and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;

  • Mal 3:10
    68%

    10 Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.