Generosity

 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed. 1 

You shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. 

You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. 2

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 3

Be rich in good works, be generous and ready to share, 4 Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 5

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. 6

 

1 Prov 19.17 2 Deut 15.7-8,10 3 2Cor 9.7-8 4 1Tim 6.18 5 2Cor 9.6 6 Isa 58.10-11