Bible Verses About Generosity (22+ Verses)

"Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver."

"Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully."

"Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life."

"He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor."

"Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard."

"It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment."

"The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself."

"I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness. Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver."

"Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys."

"If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks."

"that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life."

"For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have."

"Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;"

"Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again."

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life."

"One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses."

"There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty."

"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."

"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”"

"They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need."

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for."

"Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies. Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness."