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James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: did God not choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
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Proverbs 11:25
A generous person will be prosperous, And one who gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.
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Deuteronomy 15:4
However, there will be no poor among you, since the Lord will certainly bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess,
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2 Corinthians 9 13
Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all,
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Acts 2:45-46
and they would sell their property and possessions and share them with all, to the extent that anyone had need.Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,
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Revelation 2:9
‘ I know your tribulation and your poverty( but you are rich), and the slander by those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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Romans 12:8
or the one who exhorts, in the work of exhortation; the one who gives, with generosity; the one who is in leadership, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
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Isaiah 32:5-8
No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty.As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.But the noble person devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.
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Luke 21:1-4
Now He looked up and saw the wealthy putting their gifts into the temple treasury.And He saw a poor widow putting in two lepta coins.And He said,“ Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them;for they all contributed to the offering from their surplus; but she, from her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
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2 Corinthians 1 12
For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
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1 Thessalonians 1 6
You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word during great affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
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2 Corinthians 9 11
you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God.
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2 Corinthians 6 10
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
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1 Thessalonians 3 3-1 Thessalonians 3 4
so that no one would be disturbed by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we have been destined for this.For even when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it happened, as you know.
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Nehemiah 8:10-12
Then he said to them,“ Go, eat the festival foods, drink the sweet drinks, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your refuge.”So the Levites silenced all the people, saying,“ Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.”Then all the people went away to eat, drink, to send portions, and to celebrate a great feast, because they understood the words which had been made known to them.
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1 Thessalonians 2 14
For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews,
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Mark 12:42-44
And a poor widow came and put in two lepta coins, which amount to a quadrans.Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them,“ Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury;for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.”