But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.


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Numbers 18 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Proverbs 17 8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
2 Corinthians 9 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
James 4 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James 1 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Proverbs 8 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Psalms 104 28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Exodus 23 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 15 27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Luke 12 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Philippians 4 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
Hebrews 10 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
Colossians 2 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Romans 1 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
Proverbs 18 16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Psalms 86 17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Nahum 2 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
Psalms 16 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Mark 14 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
Luke 6 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
1 Peter 4 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Deuteronomy 15 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Luke 6 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Proverbs 31 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Luke 12 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
2 Corinthians 12 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Matthew 25 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Luke 12 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
1 John 1 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
1 Kings 3 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Matthew 20 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Matthew 15 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Revelation 3 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Deuteronomy 15 10 Thou 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.
John 18 9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
Deuteronomy 16 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Matthew 13 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Deuteronomy 16 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Mark 11 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Acts 20 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Psalms 37 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Song of Solomon 5 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Ecclesiastes 5 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Song of Solomon 4 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Genesis 34 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Psalms 119 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Proverbs 3 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Ecclesiastes 4 4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.