1 Chronicles 29:12-14
12 aBoth riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. bIn your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 13And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.14“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
2 Chronicles 31:10
10Azariah the chief priest, who was cof the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left, dfor the Lord has blessed his people, so that we have this large amount left.”Proverbs 3:9-10
9 Honor the Lord with your wealthand with ethe firstfruits of all your produce;
10then your fbarns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Malachi 3:10-11
10 gBring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby hput me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open ithe windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. 11I will rebuke jthe devourer ▼▼Probably a name for some crop-destroying pest or pests
for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. 2 Corinthians 8:2-3
2for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and ltheir extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3For they gave maccording to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,1 Timothy 6:17-18
17As for the rich in nthis present age, charge them onot to be haughty, nor pto set their hopes on qthe uncertainty of riches, but on God, rwho richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18They are to do good, sto be rich in good works, to be generous and tready to share,
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