2 Corinthians 9:6
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The Cheerful Giver
6 The point is this: (A)whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully[a] will also reap bountifully.
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- 2 Corinthians 9:6 Greek with blessings; twice in this verse
Luke 6:38
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38 (A)give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put (B)into your lap. For (C)with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
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Proverbs 22:9
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- Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good
Proverbs 19:17
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2 Corinthians 9:10
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10 He who supplies (A)seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and (B)increase the harvest of your righteousness.
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Galatians 6:7-9
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7 (A)Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for (B)whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For (C)the one who sows to his own flesh (D)will from the flesh reap corruption, but (E)the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And (F)let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, (G)if we do not give up.
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Hebrews 6:10
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10 For (A)God is not unjust so as to overlook (B)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in (C)serving the saints, as you still do.
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Ecclesiastes 11:6
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6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening (A)withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
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Cast Your Bread upon the Waters
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Proverbs 11:18
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18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
but one who (A)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
Psalm 41:1-3
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O Lord, Be Gracious to Me
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
41 (A)Blessed is the one who considers the poor![a]
(B)In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
2 the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
he is called blessed in the land;
you (C)do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
in his illness you restore him to full health.[b]
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- Psalm 41:1 Or weak
- Psalm 41:3 Hebrew you turn all his bed
Luke 19:16-26
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16 The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant![a] Because you have been (A)faithful in a very little, (B)you shall have authority over ten cities.’ 18 And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’ 19 And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ 20 Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in (C)a handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are (D)a severe man. You take (E)what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 He said to him, (F)‘I will condemn you with your own words, (G)you wicked servant! You knew that I was (H)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ 24 And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ 25 And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’ 26 ‘I tell you that (I)to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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- Luke 19:17 Or bondservant; also verse 22
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