Bible Verses About Giving Gifts
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for giving gifts, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,014 votes, led by 2 Corinthians 9:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Giving Gifts
2 Corinthians 9:7240 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.
James 1:17214 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.
Hebrews 13:16202 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Acts 20:35162 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.
Matthew 6:1-4137 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.
John 3:16117 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.
Luke 6:38108 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 3:1088 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.
Matthew 6:380 votes
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Matthew 7:1177 votes
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
1 John 3:1774 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 18:1669 votes
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Acts 4:32-3564 votes
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
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.
2 Corinthians 8:1259 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.
Esther 9:2257 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.
Romans 12:852 votes
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans 6:2350 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Matthew 25:3548 votes
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:
Luke 12:3341 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 Peter 4:1041 votes
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Jeremiah 9:23-2439 votes
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Matthew 6:2139 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Ephesians 4:2839 votes
Let 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 needeth.
Proverbs 25:1438 votes
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
What does the Bible say about giving gifts?
Readers most often cite 2 Corinthians 9:7 on the subject of giving gifts. Across 4,014 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:17, Hebrews 13:16, Acts 20:35. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.