42 To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away.
Bible verses about "charity" | WNT
Matthew 5:42
Luke 6:38
38 give, and gifts shall be bestowed on you. Full measure, pressed, shaken down, and running over, shall they pour into your laps; for with the same measure that you use they shall measure to you in return."
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1 If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.
3 And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor, and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs.
6 She finds no pleasure in injustice done to others, but joyfully sides with the truth.
7 She knows how to be silent. She is full of trust, full of hope, full of patient endurance.
8 Love never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be done away with; if there are languages, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be brought to an end.
9 For our knowledge is imperfect, and so is our prophesying;
10 but when the perfect state of things is come, all that is imperfect will be brought to an end.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, felt like a child, reasoned like a child: when I became a man, I put from me childish ways.
12 For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And so there remain Faith, Hope, Love--these three; and of these the greatest is Love.
Hebrews 13:2
2 Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests.
Luke 12:33
33 Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, a treasure inexhaustible in Heaven, where no thief can come nor moth consume.
Luke 21:1-4
1 Looking up He saw the people throwing their gifts into the Treasury--the rich people.
2 He also saw a poor widow dropping in two farthings,
3 and He said, "In truth I tell you that this widow, so poor, has thrown in more than any of them.
4 For from what they could well spare they have all of them contributed to the offerings, but she in her need has thrown in all she had to live on."
2 Corinthians 9:7
7 Let each contribute what he has decided upon in his own mind, and not do it reluctantly or under compulsion. "IT IS A CHEERFUL GIVER THAT GOD LOVES."
1 John 3:17
17 But if any one has this world's wealth and sees that his brother man is in need, and yet hardens his heart against him--how can such a one continue to love God?
Matthew 6:1-4
1 "But beware of doing your good actions in the sight of men, in order to attract their gaze; if you do, there is no reward for you with your Father who is in Heaven.
2 'When you give in charity, never blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets in order that their praises may be sung by men. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.
3 But when you are giving in charity, let not your left hand perceive what your right hand is doing,
4 that your charities may be in secret; and then your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.
Hebrews 13:16
16 And do not forget to be kind and liberal; for with sacrifices of that sort God is greatly pleased.
Acts 20:35
35 In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"