Bible Verses About Gift Giving
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for gift giving, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 735 votes, led by Luke 6:38. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Gift Giving
Luke 6:3878 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.
James 1:1766 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
John 3:1640 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Matthew 2:1134 votes
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
2 Corinthians 9:729 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.
Deuteronomy 8:1828 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.
1 Timothy 6:18-1924 votes
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Proverbs 18:1623 votes
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Malachi 3:1022 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.
Proverbs 11:2521 votes
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Matthew 10:4220 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.
Acts 20:3520 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.
Proverbs 3:2719 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Romans 12:619 votes
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Hebrews 13:1619 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
2 Corinthians 9:1017 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;)
Matthew 6:3315 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Proverbs 3:914 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
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.
Luke 6:3014 votes
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
1 Timothy 5:1-2514 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Revelation 1:114 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Psalms 37:2113 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
John 4:35-3613 votes
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
Esther 9:2212 votes
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
What does the Bible say about gift giving?
Readers most often cite Luke 6:38 on the subject of gift giving. Across 735 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:17, John 3:16, Matthew 2:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.