Bible Verses About Generosity
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for generosity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,294 votes, led by Acts 20:35. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Generosity
Acts 20:35695 votes
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.
Luke 6:38582 votes
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.
Proverbs 11:24-25444 votes
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Proverbs 19:17333 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Luke 21:1-4302 votes
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Matthew 6:21270 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
2 Corinthians 9:7247 votes
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 9:6244 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
1 Timothy 6:17-19238 votes
Charge 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 things to enjoy;
Matthew 10:42213 votes
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
1 John 3:17200 votes
But 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 him?
Proverbs 22:9170 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Psalms 112:5164 votes
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Proverbs 11:25161 votes
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 21:13161 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
2 Corinthians 9:11139 votes
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
Matthew 6:1-4138 votes
Take 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.
2 Corinthians 9:5-7117 votes
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
Deuteronomy 15:7-8115 votes
If 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 thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Luke 12:33115 votes
Sell 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, neither moth corrupteth.
1 Timothy 6:18-19113 votes
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Hebrews 13:16100 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Mark 12:41-4499 votes
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
2 Corinthians 8:1297 votes
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Luke 6:3088 votes
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
What does the Bible say about generosity?
Readers most often cite Acts 20:35 on the subject of generosity. Across 9,294 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:38, Proverbs 11:24-25, Proverbs 19:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.