TOPICAL BIBLE
Liberality
438 references in this topic.
Ezra 6:20For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them [were] pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.Ezra 6:21And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,Ezra 6:22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.Ezra 7:13I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.Ezra 7:14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which [is] in thine hand;Ezra 7:15And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellers have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation [is] in Jerusalem,Ezra 7:16And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which [is] in Jerusalem:Ezra 7:17That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which [is] in Jerusalem.Ezra 7:18And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.Ezra 7:19The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, [those] deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.Ezra 7:20And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow [it] out of the king’s treasure house.Ezra 7:21And I, [even] I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which [are] beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,Ezra 7:22Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing [how much].Ezra 7:23Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?Ezra 7:24Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.Ezra 7:25And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that [is] in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that [are] beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know [them] not.Ezra 7:26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether [it be] unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.Ezra 7:27Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a thing] as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem:Ezra 8:24Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,Ezra 8:25And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:Ezra 8:26I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, [and] of gold an hundred talents;Ezra 8:27Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.Ezra 8:28And I said unto them, Ye [are] holy unto the LORD; the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.Ezra 8:29Watch ye, and keep [them], until ye weigh [them] before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.Ezra 8:30So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring [them] to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.Ezra 8:31Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.Ezra 8:32And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.Ezra 8:33Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [was] Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;Ezra 8:34By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.Ezra 8:35[Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the LORD.Ezra 8:36And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.Ezra 10:32Benjamin, Malluch, [and] Shemariah.Ezra 10:33Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, [and] Shimei.Ezra 10:34Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,Ezra 10:35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,Ezra 10:36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,Ezra 10:37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,Ezra 10:38And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,Ezra 10:39And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,Psalm 41:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.Psalm 41:2The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.Psalm 41:3The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.Psalm 76:11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.Psalm 112:5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.Psalm 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.Psalm 132:1A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, [and] all his afflictions:Psalm 132:2How he sware unto the LORD, [and] vowed unto the mighty [God] of Jacob;Psalm 132:3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;Psalm 132:4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine eyelids,Psalm 132:5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.Proverbs 3:9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:Proverbs 3:10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.Proverbs 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.Proverbs 13:7There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.Proverbs 19:6Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.Proverbs 21:26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.