Bible Verses About Generous
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for generous, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 631 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 Generous
Acts 20:3549 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 12:3340 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.
Luke 6:3837 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.
2 Corinthians 9:726 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.
Proverbs 22:925 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 19:1723 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
1 Timothy 6:17-1923 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;
2 Corinthians 9:621 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
2 Corinthians 9:1121 votes
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
Proverbs 11:2520 votes
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Malachi 3:1019 votes
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.
Luke 21:1-418 votes
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Hebrews 13:118 votes
Let brotherly love continue.
Proverbs 11:24-2517 votes
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Matthew 6:2117 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 10:4217 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.
Hebrews 13:1617 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Proverbs 21:1314 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Matthew 6:1-414 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.
1 John 3:1714 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 11:2413 votes
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
2 Corinthians 8:913 votes
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
2 Corinthians 9:1013 votes
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Deuteronomy 8:1812 votes
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Psalms 112:512 votes
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
What does the Bible say about generous?
Readers most often cite Acts 20:35 on the subject of generous. Across 631 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 12:33, Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 9:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.