Giving money to the church

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• 2 Corinthians 9:7

  Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

• Luke 6:38

  Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

• Proverbs 3:9–10

  Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

• Matthew 6:24

  No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

• Malachi 3:10

  Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

• Luke 6:35

  But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

• Acts 20:35

  I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

• 1 Corinthians 16:2

  Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

• Malachi 3:8

  Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

• Luke 11:42

  But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

• 2 Corinthians 8:12

  For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

• Matthew 22:21

  They say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

• 1 Timothy 6:17–19

  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

• Hebrews 13:16

  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

• Mark 12:41–44

  And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: …

• Genesis 14:20

  And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

• 2 Corinthians 5:10

  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

• Matthew 23:23

  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

• Proverbs 11:24–25

  There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

• Acts 5:4

  Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

• Galatians 6:6

  Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

• John 3:16

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

• 2 Corinthians 9:10

  Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

• Matthew 19:21

  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

• 2 Corinthians 9:6

  But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

• Acts 2:44–45

  And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

• Matthew 6:21

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

• Deuteronomy 16:17

  Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

• 2 Corinthians 9:8

  And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

• 1 Timothy 6:10

  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• Romans 12:1–2

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• Proverbs 22:9

  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

• Proverbs 19:17

  He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

• 2 Corinthians 9:11

  Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

• Matthew 6:33

  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

• 1 John 3:17

  But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

• Leviticus 27:30

  And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.

• 1 Peter 4:16

  Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

• Matthew 6:2

  Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

• Matthew 5:42

  Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.