These verses emphasize the importance of generosity, the blessings that come from giving, and the assurance that God will provide for those who give freely. They encourage us to give with a cheerful heart, trusting in God's provision and promises, for what purpose? To show God's abundant love and give even more.

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Luke 6:38 (NIV): "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

 

2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (NIV): "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."

 

Acts 20:35 (NIV): "In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

 

Proverbs 11:24-25 (NIV): "One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed."

 

Malachi 3:10 (NIV): "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it."

 

Matthew 10:8b (NIV): "Freely you have received; freely give."

 

Philippians 4:19 (NIV): "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus."

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