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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2 Corinthians 9:6-8
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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. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, (B)not reluctantly or under compulsion, for (C)God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And (D)God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency[b] in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
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- 2 Corinthians 9:6 Greek with blessings; twice in this verse
- 2 Corinthians 9:8 Or all contentment
Deuteronomy 15:10
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10 You shall give to him freely, and (A)your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because (B)for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
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Mark 4:24
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24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: (A)with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your (B)barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Matthew 7:2
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2 (A)For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and (B)with the measure you use it will be measured 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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Proverbs 10:22
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- Proverbs 10:22 Or and toil adds nothing to it
Luke 6:30
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30 (A)Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.
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Matthew 10:42
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42 And (A)whoever gives one of (B)these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
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2 Corinthians 8:14-15
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14 your abundance at the present time should supply (A)their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. 15 As it is written, (B)“Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”
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James 2:13
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Philippians 4:17-19
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17 (A)Not that I seek the gift, but I seek (B)the fruit that increases to your credit.[a] 18 I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, (C)having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, (D)a fragrant offering, (E)a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. 19 And my God (F)will supply every need of yours (G)according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
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- Philippians 4:17 Or I seek the profit that accrues to your account
Job 42:11
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11 Then came to him all his (A)brothers and sisters and all who had (B)known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they (C)showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil[a] that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him (D)a piece of money[b] and (E)a ring of gold.
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Isaiah 65:6-7
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6 Behold, (A)it is written before me:
(B)“I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
(C)I will indeed repay into their lap
7 both your iniquities (D)and your fathers' iniquities together,
says the Lord;
(E)because they made offerings on the mountains
(F)and insulted me on the hills,
I will measure into their lap
payment for their former deeds.”[a]
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- Isaiah 65:7 Or I will first measure their payment into their lap
Psalm 79:12
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12 Return (A)sevenfold into the (B)lap of our neighbors
the (C)taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
Psalm 41:1-2
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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.
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- Psalm 41:1 Or weak
Psalm 18:25-26
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25 With (A)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with (B)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Job 31:16-20
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16 “If I have (A)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (B)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[a] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[b]),
19 if I have seen anyone (C)perish for (D)lack of clothing,
or the needy without (E)covering,
20 if his body has not (F)blessed me,[c]
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
Judges 1:7
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7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off (A)used to pick up scraps under my table. (B)As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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Deuteronomy 19:16-21
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16 If (A)a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, (B)before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18 The judges shall (C)inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 (D)then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil[a] from your midst. 20 And the rest (E)shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. 21 (F)Your eye shall not pity. (G)It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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- Deuteronomy 19:19 Or evil person
Esther 9:25
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25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing (A)that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews (B)should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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Revelation 16:5-6
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5 And I heard the angel in charge of the waters[a] say,
(A)“Just are you, (B)O Holy One, (C)who is and who was,
for you brought these judgments.
6 For (D)they have shed the blood of (E)saints and prophets,
and (F)you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”
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- Revelation 16:5 Greek angel of the waters
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