Bible Verses About Giving
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for giving, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 15,697 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
2 Corinthians 9:7839 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 6:38729 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.
Acts 20:35625 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 9:6396 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Malachi 3:10384 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 3:27357 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Matthew 6:1-4320 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 Timothy 6:17-19311 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;
Hebrews 13:16297 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Proverbs 19:17289 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Mark 12:41-44289 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.
Luke 6:30252 votes
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Proverbs 11:24-25251 votes
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Luke 12:33-34235 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 9:10233 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 15:10230 votes
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Proverbs 28:27230 votes
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Proverbs 11:25213 votes
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
2 Corinthians 8:12197 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.
James 1:17195 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.
2 Corinthians 9:11190 votes
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
John 3:16185 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 21:26184 votes
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Matthew 6:19-21182 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Proverbs 22:9179 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
What does the Bible say about giving?
Readers most often cite 2 Corinthians 9:7 on the subject of giving. Across 15,697 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:38, Acts 20:35, 2 Corinthians 9:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.