What Does the Bible Say About It Is Better To Give Than Receive?

Acts 20:35 ESV / 191 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.’”

Luke 6:38 ESV / 141 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.”

Hebrews 13:16 ESV / 101 helpful votes

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Proverbs 19:8 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.

Proverbs 19:17 ESV / 34 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 13:2 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

2 Corinthians 8:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes

But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also.

Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

John 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 112:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.

Psalm 139:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

James 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Psalm 116:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

Deuteronomy 15:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 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, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. ...

20 Bible Verses about It Is Better To Give Than Receive

Acts 20:35 ESV / 191 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 141 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:16 ESV / 101 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:8 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:17 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:2 ESV / 21 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 112:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 139:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes

James 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 116:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 15:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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20 Bible Verses about It Is Better To Give Than Receive

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Acts 20:35 ESV / 191 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 141 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:16 ESV / 101 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:8 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:17 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:2 ESV / 21 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 112:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 139:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes

James 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 116:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 15:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes