Bible Verses About Generosity & Giving

“Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.”

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.”

“Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,”

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”

“Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.”

“Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;”

“Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.””

“So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.”

“And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.””

“If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?”

“A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.”

“Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.”

“It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.”

“A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”

“Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.”

“Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.”

““Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.”

“And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”

“As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.”

“Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.”

“Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.”

“And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.”

“But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.”

“Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,”

“For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.”

“Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.”

“Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.”

“If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.”

“It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.”

“Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.”

“if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.”

“You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.”

“Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.”

“This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,”

“He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.”

“And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.”

“Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,”

“Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.”

“John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.””

“The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.”

“Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:”

“So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.”

“At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.”