Luke 6:38 ESV / 76 helpful votes
Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.
2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 18 helpful votes
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Acts 20:35 ESV / 17 helpful votes
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Mark 11:24 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
James 4:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
John 15:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Mark 11:25 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
John 16:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Luke 11:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
Ephesians 1:1-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
Galatians 2:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
Luke 6:1-49 ESV / 6 helpful votes
On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. But some of the Pharisees said, Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath? And Jesus answered them, Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him? And he said to them, The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Leviticus 19:9-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes
When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.
James 1:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
James 1:5-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
Acts 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
John 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
Luke 21:34-36 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.
Luke 18:1-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Give me justice against my adversary. For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.
Isaiah 58:10-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Proverbs 19:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
Jude 1:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
John 3:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Luke 22:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Luke 22:39-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. And when he came to the place, he said to them, Pray that you may not enter into temptation. And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done. And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.
Luke 11:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
Luke 11:5-8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And he said to them, Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; and he will answer from within, Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything? I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
Luke 9:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, Who do the crowds say that I am?
Luke 6:36-38 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.
Luke 6:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.
Luke 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.
Luke 5:1-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes
On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. And Simon answered, Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.
Mark 9:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them.
Mark 6:46 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.
Mark 6:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
Mark 6:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while. For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
Mark 3:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.
Mark 1:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
Mark 1:35-38 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, Everyone is looking for you. And he said to them, Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.
Matthew 6:1-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Malachi 3:1-18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years. Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
Proverbs 28:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
Psalm 145:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Psalm 50:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
Psalm 50:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
1 Timothy 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
2 Corinthians 11:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God's gospel to you free of charge? I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you. And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.
2 Corinthians 8:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
1 Corinthians 9:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Acts 14:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Acts 13:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.
Acts 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Acts 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
Acts 12:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
Acts 8:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
John 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
John 14:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
Luke 21:1-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.
Luke 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Then Jesus answered, Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
Luke 9:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Saying, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
Luke 9:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one,
Luke 7:1-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes
After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.
Luke 6:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles:
Luke 5:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities.
Luke 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.
Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes
When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
Matthew 23:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
Matthew 22:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
They said, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
Matthew 6:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Proverbs 14:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.
Proverbs 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
Proverbs 3:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Psalm 25:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
2 Chronicles 19:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking bribes.
Deuteronomy 14:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
Genesis 28:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.
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