Bible Verses About Giving Back
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for giving back, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,065 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 Giving Back
Acts 20:35215 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.
2 Corinthians 9:7212 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.
Luke 6:38189 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.
Malachi 3:10102 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 3:995 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
2 Corinthians 9:1179 votes
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
Matthew 6:2169 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 10:869 votes
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Luke 3:1161 votes
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Leviticus 27:3060 votes
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.
Proverbs 3:9-1059 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Malachi 3:8-1056 votes
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
2 Corinthians 9:6-855 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Matthew 6:348 votes
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Luke 6:3048 votes
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Luke 12:3337 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.
2 Corinthians 8:1437 votes
But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
Mark 12:41-4435 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.
1 John 3:16-1834 votes
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 Timothy 6:1033 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Luke 21:1-432 votes
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 Corinthians 9:832 votes
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Proverbs 11:2531 votes
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 19:1731 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Matthew 19:2131 votes
Jesus 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 follow me.
What does the Bible say about giving back?
Readers most often cite Acts 20:35 on the subject of giving back. Across 3,065 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 9:7, Luke 6:38, Malachi 3:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.