2 Corinthians 9:7
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7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, (A)not reluctantly or under compulsion, for (B)God loves a cheerful giver.
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2 Corinthians 8:12
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12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable (A)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
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1 Chronicles 29:17
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17 I know, my God, (A)that you test the heart and (B)have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
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Exodus 25:2
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2 (A)“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From (B)every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.
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Proverbs 11:25
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Deuteronomy 15:7-11
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7 “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, 8 but (B)you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. 9 Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your (C)eye look grudgingly[a] on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he (D)cry to the Lord against you, and (E)you be guilty of sin. 10 You shall give to him freely, and (F)your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because (G)for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. 11 For (H)there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, (I)‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’
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- Deuteronomy 15:9 Or be evil; also verse 10
Proverbs 22:9
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- Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good
Romans 12:8
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8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; (A)the one who leads,[a] with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with (B)cheerfulness.
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- Romans 12:8 Or gives aid
1 Peter 4:9
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9 (A)Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
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Exodus 35:5
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5 (A)Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. (B)Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;
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Isaiah 32:8
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8 But he who is noble plans noble things,
and on noble things he stands.
Deuteronomy 15:14
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14 You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. (A)As the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
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James 5:9
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9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, (A)so that you may not be judged; behold, (B)the Judge is standing (C)at the door.
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Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 (A)Do not eat the bread of a man who is (B)stingy;[a]
(C)do not desire his delicacies,
7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[b]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his (D)heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
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- Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he
Isaiah 32:5
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5 (A)The fool will no more be called noble,
nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
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