Luke 6:38

Generous giving is met with God's overflowing generosity, pictured as grain heaped up beyond the brim. The measure we use toward others is the measure returned to us.

Cross-references · 26

• 2 Cor 9:6–8But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• Deut 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
• Mark 4:24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
• Prov 3:9–10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
• Matt 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
• Prov 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
• Prov 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Prov 10:22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
• Luke 6:30Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
• Matt 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
• 2 Cor 8:14–15But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
• Eccl 11:1–2Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• Jas 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• Job 42:11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
• Ps 41:1–2Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Ps 79:12And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
• Phil 4:17–19Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
• Isa 65:6–7Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
• Ps 18:25–26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
• Deut 19:16–21If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
• Job 31:16–20If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
• Judg 1:7And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
• Esth 9:25But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
• Ezra 7:27–28Blessed 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:
• Rev 16:5–6And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
• Esth 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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