Bible Verses About Giving Money to the Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for giving money to the church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,740 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 Money to the Church
2 Corinthians 9:7319 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 6:38285 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 3:9-10176 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Matthew 6:24109 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Malachi 3:1091 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.
Acts 20:3585 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 6:3581 votes
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
1 Corinthians 16:280 votes
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Malachi 3:873 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 8:1271 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 11:4269 votes
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Matthew 22:2166 votes
They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
1 Timothy 6:17-1965 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;
Mark 12:41-4462 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.
Hebrews 13:1662 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Genesis 14:2057 votes
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
2 Corinthians 5:1055 votes
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Matthew 23:2353 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
John 3:1653 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.
Proverbs 11:24-2550 votes
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Acts 5:449 votes
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
2 Corinthians 9:1048 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;)
Galatians 6:646 votes
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Matthew 19:2145 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.
2 Corinthians 9:644 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
What does the Bible say about giving money to the church?
Readers most often cite 2 Corinthians 9:7 on the subject of giving money to the church. Across 4,740 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:38, Proverbs 3:9-10, Matthew 6:24. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.