Matthew 25:17
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17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
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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.
Ephesians 5:16
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16 (A)redeeming the time, (B)because the days are evil.
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1 Peter 4:10
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10 (A)As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, (B)as good stewards of (C)the manifold grace of God.
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Hebrews 6:10-11
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10 For (A)God is not unjust to forget (B)your work and [a]labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have (C)ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence (D)to the full assurance of hope until the end,
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- Hebrews 6:10 NU omits labor of
2 Timothy 1:16-18
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16 The Lord grant mercy to the (A)household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; 17 but when he arrived in Rome, he sought me out very zealously and found me. 18 The Lord (B)grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord (C)in that Day—and you know very well how many ways he (D)ministered [a]to me at Ephesus.
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- 2 Timothy 1:18 to me from Vg., a few Gr. mss.
1 Timothy 5:10
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10 well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
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Colossians 4:17
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17 And say to (A)Archippus, “Take heed to (B)the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”
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2 Corinthians 9:11-14
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11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, (A)which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only (B)supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13 while, through the proof of this ministry, they (C)glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal (D)sharing with them and all men, 14 and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding (E)grace of God in you.
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2 Corinthians 8:12
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12 For (A)if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
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Acts 11:29-30
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29 Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send (A)relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea. 30 (B)This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 10:2
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2 (A)a devout man and one who (B)feared God with all his household, who gave [a]alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.
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- Acts 10:2 charitable gifts
Acts 9:36-39
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Dorcas Restored to Life
36 At Joppa there was a certain disciple named [a]Tabitha, which is translated [b]Dorcas. This woman was full (A)of good works and charitable deeds which she did. 37 But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in (B)an upper room. 38 And since Lydda was near Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to them. 39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
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Mark 14:3-8
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The Anointing at Bethany(A)
3 (B)And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly [a]oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head. 4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted? 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred (C)denarii and given to the poor.” And they (D)criticized[b] her sharply.
6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. 7 (E)For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; (F)but Me you do not have always. 8 She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
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The Value of Diligence
11 Cast your bread (A)upon the waters,
(B)For you will find it after many days.
2 (C)Give a serving (D)to seven, and also to eight,
(E)For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
3 If the clouds are full of rain,
They empty themselves upon the earth;
And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.
4 He who observes the wind will not sow,
And he who regards the clouds will not reap.
5 As (F)you do not know what is the way of the [a]wind,
(G)Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child,
So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
6 In the morning sow your seed,
And in the evening do not withhold your hand;
For you do not know which will prosper,
Either this or that,
Or whether both alike will be good.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or spirit
2 Kings 4:8-10
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Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son(A)
8 Now it happened one day that Elisha went to (B)Shunem, where there was a [a]notable woman, and she [b]persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food. 9 And she said to her husband, “Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly. 10 Please, let us make [c]a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.”
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- 2 Kings 4:8 Lit. great
- 2 Kings 4:8 Lit. laid hold on him
- 2 Kings 4:10 Or a small walled upper chamber
1 Kings 18:3-4
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3 And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was [a]in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly. 4 For so it was, while Jezebel [b]massacred the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.)
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- 1 Kings 18:3 Lit. over the house
- 1 Kings 18:4 Lit. cut off
Genesis 18:19
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19 For I have known him, in order (A)that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”
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Job 31:16-22
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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;
21 If I have raised my hand (C)against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;
22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder,
Let my arm be torn from the socket.
Job 29:11-17
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11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
12 Because (A)I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 (B)I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was (C)eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,
And (D)I searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke (E)the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
2 Samuel 19:32
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32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And (A)he had provided the king with supplies while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.
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