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Bible verses about giving.

114 verses about giving from the King James Version, the most loved first.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 19:17 › · King James Version

The most loved verses about giving.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7 ›

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:38 ›

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Malachi 3:10 ›

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

Proverbs 14:31 ›

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Acts 20:35 ›

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying…

Matthew 25:35-40 ›

All 114 verses about giving.

  • Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
  • 2 Corinthians 9:1-15For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast…
  • Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the…
  • Malachi 3:10-12Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not…
  • Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
  • Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is…
  • Matthew 25:34-40Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the…
  • Matthew 25:35-45For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was…
  • 1 John 3:17-19But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in…
  • Proverbs 11:24-25There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be…
  • Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
  • Matthew 6:1-4Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou…
  • James 2:14-16What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and…
  • James 2:15-17If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding…
  • 1 Timothy 6:17-19Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all…
  • Isaiah 58:7-10Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover…
  • Deuteronomy 15:7-18If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden…
  • Deuteronomy 15:2-14And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour…
  • Proverbs 31:8-9Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the…
  • Exodus 25:1-8And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with…
  • Leviticus 25:35-43And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he…
  • Deuteronomy 16:10And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD…
  • Deuteronomy 16:17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
  • Psalms 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
  • Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
  • Proverbs 25:21-22If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and…
  • Ecclesiastes 11:1-2Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil…
  • Isaiah 32:8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
  • Matthew 5:42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
  • Luke 11:41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
  • Luke 12:33-34Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth…
  • Romans 12:8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with…
  • Romans 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
  • 1 Corinthians 13:3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
  • 1 Corinthians 16:1-3Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let…
  • 2 Corinthians 8:1-15Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance…
  • Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that…
  • Philippians 4:10-18But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked…
  • Hebrews 13:16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
  • Exodus 22:29-30Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise shalt…
  • Numbers 35:8And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them…
  • Deuteronomy 12:11-12Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you…
  • Deuteronomy 12:17-19Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of…
  • Deuteronomy 14:27-29And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years thou…
  • Deuteronomy 18:1-8The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by…
  • Proverbs 3:27-28Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to…
  • Proverbs 19:6Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
  • Proverbs 21:26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
  • Ezekiel 18:7-9And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath…
  • Matthew 19:21-22Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and…
  • Mark 9:41For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
  • Mark 10:21Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou…
  • Acts 6:1-4And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows…
  • Exodus 23:11But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall…
  • Leviticus 19:9-10And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy…
  • Deuteronomy 24:12-21And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he…
  • Job 24:4-10They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work…
  • Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
  • Proverbs 29:7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
  • Ezekiel 18:12Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed…
  • Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger…
  • Zechariah 7:10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
  • James 2:2-9For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have…
  • Exodus 22:25-27If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. If thou at…
  • Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
  • Leviticus 23:22And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou…
  • Leviticus 25:25-28If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his…
  • Deuteronomy 26:12-13When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the…
  • 2 Samuel 12:1-6And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The…
  • Job 5:16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
  • Job 20:19-21Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; Surely he shall not feel…
  • Job 22:6-7For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink…
  • Job 22:9-11Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth…
  • Psalms 10:2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
  • Psalms 10:8-10He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. He…
  • Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of…
  • Psalms 14:6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
  • Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
  • Psalms 37:21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
  • Psalms 74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
  • Psalms 74:21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
  • Psalms 82:3-4Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
  • Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
  • Proverbs 19:7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Proverbs 22:7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
  • Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Proverbs 28:3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
  • Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
  • Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is…
  • Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Isaiah 3:14-15The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor…
  • Isaiah 10:1-2Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to…
  • Isaiah 29:19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isaiah 32:6-7For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty…
  • Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence…
  • Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
  • Ezekiel 18:16-17Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath…
  • Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the…
  • Amos 2:6-8Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous…
  • Amos 4:1-2Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters…
  • Amos 5:11-12Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not…
  • Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
  • Amos 8:6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Habakkuk 3:14Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the…
  • Mark 14:7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
  • Luke 6:30Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
  • Luke 14:12-14Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy…
  • Luke 18:22Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou…
  • Romans 12:20Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
  • 1 Timothy 5:9-10Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, Well reported of for good works; if she have…
  • James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted…
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  • Proverbs 3:9-10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall…
  • Galatians 2:10Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
  • Isaiah 58:6-7Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye…
  • Luke 3:10-11And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath…
  • Psalms 41:1-3[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will…
  • Isaiah 58:10-11And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the…
  • Hebrews 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints…
  • Exodus 35:4-29And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, Take ye from among…
  • Deuteronomy 24:19-22When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the…
  • 2 Samuel 24:24And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that…
  • Proverbs 13:7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
  • Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
  • Proverbs 31:20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
  • Luke 16:9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting…
  • Romans 15:25-27But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor…
  • 2 Corinthians 8:24Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
  • Galatians 6:10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
  • 1 Timothy 5:8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
  • 1 Timothy 5:16If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows…
  • Nehemiah 5:1-13And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, We, our sons, and our…
  • Psalms 37:26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
  • Psalms 102:17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
  • Psalms 112:4-5Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth…
  • Isaiah 16:3-4Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine…
  • Hebrews 13:3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
  • James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have…

Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.

Questions people ask.

What does the Bible say about giving?

The Bible speaks to giving in verses such as Proverbs 19:17, “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD”, and 2 Corinthians 9:7, “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give” (King James Version).

Which Bible verses about giving are most loved?

Among the most loved is Proverbs 19:17, “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD.” Others are 2 Corinthians 9:7, Luke 6:38 and Malachi 3:10.

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