Deuteronomy 16:10
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10 Then you shall keep the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God, contributing a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing that you have received from the Lord your God.
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Deuteronomy 16:10
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10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.
1 Corinthians 16:2
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2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken when I come.(A)
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1 Corinthians 16:2
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2 On the first day of every week,(A) each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.(B)
2 Corinthians 9:5-11
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5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for this bountiful gift that you have promised, so that it may be ready as a bountiful gift and not as an extortion.
6 The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.(A) 7 Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not regretfully or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.(B) 8 And God is able to provide you with every blessing[a] in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.(C) 9 As it is written,
10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.[c] 11 You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us,
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2 Corinthians 9:5-11
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5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers(A) to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift,(B) not as one grudgingly given.(C)
Generosity Encouraged
6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(D) 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(E) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(F) for God loves a cheerful giver.(G) 8 And God is able(H) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(I) you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written:
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food(L) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.(M) 11 You will be enriched(N) in every way so that you can be generous(O) on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.(P)
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- 2 Corinthians 9:9 Psalm 112:9
2 Corinthians 8:10
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10 And in this matter I am giving my opinion: it is beneficial for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something.(A)
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2 Corinthians 8:10
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10 And here is my judgment(A) about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.(B)
Malachi 3:10-11
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10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.(A) 11 I will rebuke the locust[a] for you, so that it will not destroy the produce of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not be barren, says the Lord of hosts.
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- 3.11 Heb devourer
Malachi 3:10-11
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10 Bring the whole tithe(A) into the storehouse,(B) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates(C) of heaven and pour out(D) so much blessing(E) that there will not be room enough to store it.(F) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring(G) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,(H)” says the Lord Almighty.
Haggai 2:15-19
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15 But now, consider what will come to pass from this day on. Before a stone was placed upon a stone in the Lord’s temple,(A) 16 how did you fare?[a] When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.(B) 17 I struck you and every work of your hands with blight and mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.(C) 18 Consider from this day on, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider:(D) 19 Is there any seed left in the barn? Do the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree still yield nothing? From this day on I will bless you.”
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- 2.16 Gk: Heb since they were
Haggai 2:15-19
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15 “‘Now give careful thought(A) to this from this day on[a]—consider how things were before one stone was laid(B) on another in the Lord’s temple.(C) 16 When anyone came to a heap(D) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(E) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(F) 17 I struck all the work of your hands(G) with blight,(H) mildew and hail,(I) yet you did not return(J) to me,’ declares the Lord.(K) 18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought(L) to the day when the foundation(M) of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(N) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(O)
“‘From this day on I will bless(P) you.’”
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- Haggai 2:15 Or to the days past
Joel 2:14
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14 Who knows whether he will not turn and relent
and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?(A)
Joel 2:14
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Proverbs 10:22
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22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and toil adds nothing to it.(A)
Proverbs 10:22
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor the Lord with your substance
and with the first fruits of all your produce;(A)
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10
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Deuteronomy 16:16-17
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16 “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, at the Festival of Weeks, and at the Festival of Booths.[a] They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed;(A) 17 all shall give as they are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
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- 16.16 Or Tabernacles
Deuteronomy 16:16-17
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16 Three times a year all your men must appear(A) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(B) the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.(C) No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:(D) 17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.
Numbers 31:37
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37 and the Lord’s tribute of sheep was six hundred seventy-five.(A)
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Numbers 31:37
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37 of which the tribute for the Lord(A) was 675;
Numbers 31:28
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28 From the share of the warriors who went out to battle, set aside as tribute for the Lord one item out of every five hundred, whether persons, oxen, donkeys, or sheep.(A)
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Numbers 31:28
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28 From the soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the Lord(A) one out of every five hundred, whether people, cattle, donkeys or sheep.
Leviticus 25:26
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26 If the person has no one to redeem it but then prospers and finds sufficient means to do so,
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Leviticus 25:26
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26 If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper(A) and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves,
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