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Proverbs 11:24
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Proverbs 11:24
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24 Some give freely yet grow all the richer;
others withhold what is due and only suffer want.(A)
Proverbs 11:24
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Proverbs 11:24
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24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
Proverbs 19:17
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Proverbs 19:17
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17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
and will be repaid in full.(A)
Proverbs 19:17
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Proverbs 19:17
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Luke 6:38
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Luke 6:38
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38 give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap, for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”(A)
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Luke 6:38
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Luke 6:38
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38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.(A) For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”(B)
Psalm 112:9
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Psalm 112:9
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9 They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor;
their righteousness endures forever;
their horn is exalted in honor.(A)
Psalm 112:9
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Psalm 112:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:6
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Ecclesiastes 11:6
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6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 11:6
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Ecclesiastes 11:6
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6 Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let your hands not be idle,(A)
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well.
Proverbs 11:18
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Proverbs 11:18
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18 The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.(A)
Proverbs 11:18
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Proverbs 11:18
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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(A)
2 Corinthians 9:5-11
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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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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
Haggai 1:6
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Haggai 1:6
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6 You have sown much and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.(A)
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Haggai 1:6
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Haggai 1:6
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6 You have planted much, but harvested little.(A) You eat, but never have enough.(B) You drink, but never have your fill.(C) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(D) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
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The Value of Diligence
11 Send out your bread upon the waters,
for after many days you will get it back.(A)
2 Divide your means seven ways, or even eight,
for you do not know what disaster may happen on earth.(B)
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
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Deuteronomy 15:10
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Deuteronomy 15:10
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10 Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.(A)
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Deuteronomy 15:10
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Deuteronomy 15:10
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10 Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart;(A) then because of this the Lord your God will bless(B) you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.
Haggai 2:16-19
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Haggai 2:16-19
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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.(A) 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.(B) 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:(C) 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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Haggai 2:16-19
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Haggai 2:16-19
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16 When anyone came to a heap(A) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(B) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(C) 17 I struck all the work of your hands(D) with blight,(E) mildew and hail,(F) yet you did not return(G) to me,’ declares the Lord.(H) 18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought(I) to the day when the foundation(J) 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(K) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(L)
“‘From this day on I will bless(M) you.’”
Haggai 1:9-11
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Haggai 1:9-11
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9 You have looked for much, but it came to little, and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.(A) 10 Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.(B) 11 And I have called for a drought[a] on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the soil produces, on humans and animals, and on all their labors.”(C)
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Haggai 1:9-11
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Haggai 1:9-11
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9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.(A) What you brought home, I blew(B) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,(C) while each of you is busy with your own house. 10 Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld(D) their dew(E) and the earth its crops.(F) 11 I called for a drought(G) on the fields and the mountains,(H) on the grain, the new wine,(I) the olive oil(J) and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.(K)”
Proverbs 28:8
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Proverbs 28:8
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8 One who augments wealth by exorbitant interest
gathers it for another who is kind to the poor.(A)
Proverbs 28:8
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Proverbs 28:8
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