Bible Verses About Beneficence

as the Tanakh says, “He gave generously to the poor; his tzedakah lasts forever.”

He who provides both seed for the planter and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your tzedakah.

You will be enriched in every way, so that you can be generous in everything. And through us your generosity will cause people to thank God,

because rendering this holy service not only provides for the needs of God’s people, but it also overflows in the many thanks people will be giving to God.

In offering this service you prove to these people that you glorify God by actually doing what your acknowledgement of the Good News of the Messiah requires, namely, sharing generously with them and with everyone.

And in their prayers for you they will feel a strong affection for you because of how gracious God has been to you.

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

In union with the Lord I greatly rejoice that now, after this long time, you have let your concern for me express itself again. Of course, you were concerned for me all along, but you had no opportunity to express it.

Not that I am saying this to call attention to any need of mine; since, as far as I am concerned, I have learned to be content regardless of circumstances.

I know what it is to be in want, and I know what it is to have more than enough — in everything and in every way I have learned the secret of being full and being hungry, of having abundance and being in need.

I can do all things through him who gives me power.

Nevertheless, it was good of you to share in my trouble.

And you Philippians yourselves know that in the early days of my work spreading the Good News, when I left Macedonia, not a single congregation shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving — only you.

Indeed, in Thessalonica when I needed it, you sent me aid twice.

I am not seeking the gift; rather, I am looking for what will increase the credit balance of your account.

I have been more than paid in full: I have been filled, since I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent — they are a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, one that pleases God well.

Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food,

and someone says to him, “Shalom! Keep warm and eat hearty!” without giving him what he needs, what good does it do?