Verse 7

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

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;