2 Corinthians 9:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.”
2 Corinthians 9:7 teaches that giving should flow freely from the heart — not from pressure or reluctance — because God loves a cheerful giver.
Read the full meaning“Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 9:7 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 25:2“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- Exodus 35:5Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
- Deuteronomy 15:7If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
- Deuteronomy 15:14You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- Proverbs 11:25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Proverbs 22:9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
- Isaiah 32:5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
- Isaiah 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
- Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Romans 12:8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- James 5:9Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
- 1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
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