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2 Corinthians 8 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.
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Exodus 25:2
“ Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering.
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1 Chronicles 29 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.
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Acts 20:35
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.’”
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Romans 12:8
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.
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Deuteronomy 15:7-11
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.Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.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.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.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.
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Exodus 35:5
‘ Take an offering for the LORD. Let everyone who has a willing heart bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, bronze,
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Proverbs 11:25
A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
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Proverbs 23:6-8
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind.“ Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
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James 5:9
Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
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Deuteronomy 15:14
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.
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Proverbs 22:9
A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.
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1 Peter 4 9
Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
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Isaiah 32:8
An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.
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Isaiah 32:5
A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.