Generosity in the Bible

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.