Luke 6:38
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38 (A)Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your (B)bosom. For (C)with the same measure that 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 (A)But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows [a]bountifully will also reap [b]bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, (B)not grudgingly or of [c]necessity; for (C)God loves a cheerful giver. 8 (D)And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
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- 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
- 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 compulsion
Deuteronomy 15:10
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10 You shall surely give to him, and (A)your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because (B)for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.
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Mark 4:24
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24 Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. (A)With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 (A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 (B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Matthew 7:2
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2 For with what [a]judgment you judge, you will be judged; (A)and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
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- Matthew 7:2 Condemnation
Proverbs 22:9
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- Proverbs 22:9 Lit. good
Proverbs 19:17
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17 (A)He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord,
And He will pay back what he has given.
Proverbs 10:22
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22 (A)The blessing of the Lord makes one rich,
And He adds no sorrow with it.
Luke 6:30
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30 (A)Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.
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Matthew 10:42
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42 (A)And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”
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2 Corinthians 8:14-15
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14 but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack—that there may be equality. 15 As it is written, (A)“He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
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James 2:13
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown (B)no (C)mercy. (D)Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Philippians 4:17-19
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17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek (A)the fruit that abounds to your account. 18 Indeed I [a]have all and abound. I am full, having received from (B)Epaphroditus the things sent from you, (C)a sweet-smelling aroma, (D)an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. 19 And my God (E)shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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- Philippians 4:18 Or have received all
Job 42:11
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11 Then (A)all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each 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 silence, (C)but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—
7 Your iniquities and (D)the iniquities of your fathers together,”
Says the Lord,
(E)“Who have burned incense on the mountains
(F)And blasphemed Me on the hills;
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”
Psalm 79:12
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12 And return to our neighbors (A)sevenfold into their bosom
(B)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
Psalm 41:1-2
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The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
41 Blessed is he who considers the [a]poor;
The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive,
And he will be blessed on the earth;
(A)You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
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- Psalm 41:1 helpless or powerless
Psalm 18:25-26
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25 (A)With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And (B)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
Job 31:16-20
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16 “If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or caused the eyes of the widow to (A)fail,
17 Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it
18 (But from my youth I reared him as a father,
And from my mother’s womb I guided [a]the widow);
19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or any poor man without covering;
20 If his [b]heart has not (B)blessed me,
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 big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; (A)as I have done, so God has repaid me.” Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
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Deuteronomy 19:16-21
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16 If a false witness (A)rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, 17 then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, (B)before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, 19 (C)then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so (D)you shall put away the evil from among you. 20 (E)And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you. 21 (F)Your eye shall not pity: (G)life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Esther 9:25
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25 but (A)when [a]Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that [b]this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should (B)return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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- Esther 9:25 Lit. she or it
- Esther 9:25 Lit. his
Revelation 16:5-6
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5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying:
(A)“You are righteous, [a]O Lord,
The One (B)who is and who [b]was and who is to be,
Because You have judged these things.
6 For (C)they have shed the blood (D)of saints and prophets,
(E)And You have given them blood to drink.
[c]For it is their just due.”
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- Revelation 16:5 NU, M omit O Lord
- Revelation 16:5 NU, M was, the Holy One
- Revelation 16:6 NU, M omit For
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