Bible Verses of Generosity

They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor.

Psalms 112:9

Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.

Psalms 112:5

They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing.

Psalms 37:26

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;

Psalms 37:21

who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

Psalms 15:5

Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.

Proverbs 28:27

The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

Proverbs 22:9

People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God`s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.

Proverbs 11:26

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Proverbs 11:25

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

Proverbs 11:24

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.

Mark 14:7

It could have been sold for more than a year`s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

Mark 14:5

Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?

Mark 14:4

They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

Mark 12:44

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.

Mark 12:43

But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

Mark 12:42

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.

Mark 12:41

But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.

Luke 11:41

Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:10

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

Leviticus 19:9

All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

Galatians 2:10

but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

Exodus 23:11

because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Exodus 22:27

If you take your neighbor`s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset,

Exodus 22:26

“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.

Exodus 22:25

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

2 Corinthians 9:6

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers 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, not as one grudgingly given.

2 Corinthians 9:5

For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

2 Corinthians 9:4

But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.

2 Corinthians 9:3

For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.

2 Corinthians 9:2

For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

2 Corinthians 8:12

Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.

2 Corinthians 8:11

And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.

2 Corinthians 8:10

For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,

2 Corinthians 8:3

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.

1 Timothy 6:18