Proverbs 14:31 He
that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:
but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Genesis 14:18-
21 And Melchizedek
king of Salem brought forth
bread and wine: and he [
was]
the priest of
the most high God. ... And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the
persons, and take the goods to thyself.
Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set [
for] a pillar, shall be
God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me
I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Exodus 22:29 Thou
shalt not delay [
to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
Exodus 23:19 The
first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Exodus 34:26 The
first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not
seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Exodus 35:20-
29 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. ... The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman,
whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 7:2-
89 That
the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who [
were] the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: ... And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation
to speak with
him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that [
was] upon the ark of testimony, from between the
two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
Numbers 31:50-
54 We have
therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath
gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. ... And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [
for]
a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
Deuteronomy 26:2-
15 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [
it] in a basket, and shalt
go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. ...
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and
bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us,
as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Haggai 1:4-
9 [
Is it] time for you, O ye,
to dwell in your cieled houses,
and this house [
lie] waste? ...
Ye looked for much, and, lo, [
it came] to little; and when ye brought [
it] home, I did
blow upon it.
Why? saith the LORD of hosts.
Because of mine house that [
is] waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Malachi 3:8-
9 Will
a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee?
In tithes and offerings. ... Ye [
are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [
even] this whole nation.
Mark 14:7-
8 For
ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good:
but me ye have not always. ... She
hath done what she could:
she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
Mark 14:10-
21 And
Judas Iscariot,
one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests,
to betray him unto them. ... The Son of man indeed
goeth, as it is written of him:
but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed!
good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Luke 14:13-
14 But when thou makest a feast,
call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: ... And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee:
for thou shalt be recompensed at
the resurrection of the just.
1 Corinthians 16:2 Upon
the first [
day] of the week let every one of you lay by him in store,
as [God] hath prospered him,
that there be no gatherings when I come.
2 Corinthians 8:2-
3 How that
in a great trial of affliction
the abundance of their joy and
their deep poverty abounded unto
the riches of their
liberality. ... For
to [
their] power,
I bear record, yea, and
beyond [
their] power [
they were] willing of themselves;
2 Corinthians 8:8-
9 I
speak not by commandment, but
by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to
prove the sincerity of your love. ... For ye know
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich, yet
for your sakes
he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Philippians 4:17-
18 Not
because I desire a gift: but I desire
fruit that may abound
to your account. ... But
I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of
Epaphroditus the things [
which were sent] from you,
an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice
acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
1 John 3:17-
18 But
whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and
shutteth up his bowels [
of compassion] from him,
how dwelleth the love of God in him? ...
My little children,
let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
