Bible on Charity

Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

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.

They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

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.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

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

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

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

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

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

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

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.

Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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.

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

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.

And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

Let all your things be done with charity.

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.