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2 Kings 4 42-2 Kings 4 44
A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said,“ Give to the men, that they may eat.”But his servant said,“ How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated,“ Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the Lord,‘ They shall eat and have some left.’”So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the Lord.
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Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
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2 Corinthians 9 7-2 Corinthians 9 8
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.
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Job 31:16-17
“ If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
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Proverbs 11:24
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
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John 13:29
Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him,“ Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
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2 Corinthians 8 2-2 Corinthians 8 3
for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
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Luke 3:11
And he answered them,“ Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”
