Quotes about Generosity
“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
— 2 Samuel 24:24
Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
— 1 Kings 3:13
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
— 1 Kings 10:10
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
— 1 Kings 10:13
And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.
— 1 Kings 15:15
And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
— 1 Kings 17:11
“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
— 1 Kings 17:13
One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
— 2 Kings 4:8
Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
— 2 Kings 4:10
and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
— 2 Kings 4:13
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
— 2 Kings 4:14
Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
— 2 Kings 4:42