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19 Bible Verses About Giving to Others

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Summary

  • Leviticus 19:9-10 told Israel’s farmers to leave the edges of their fields and the fallen grapes for the poor and the sojourner.
  • Deuteronomy 15:10-11 commands giving without a grudging heart, “For there will never cease to be poor in the land.”
  • In Matthew 6:1-4 Jesus tells his disciples to give in secret, and says of givers who want to be seen that “they have received their reward.”
  • Luke 14:13-14 tells a host to invite guests who cannot repay him, and places the repayment at “the resurrection of the just.”
  • 2 Corinthians 9:7 leaves the amount of a gift to each giver’s decision, and 2 Corinthians 8:12 measures it by “what a person has.”

The Bible commands giving to the poor and the needy, and asks that it be done freely and quietly, without looking to the person who receives for repayment. Israel’s law left the edges of every field for the poor and the sojourner (Leviticus 19:9-10) and told the people to open their hand to a poor brother (Deuteronomy 15:10-11). Jesus told his hearers to give to everyone who begs (Luke 6:30), to give in secret (Matthew 6:3-4) and to invite guests…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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