Quotes about Generosity
According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.
— Ezra 2:69
They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
— Ezra 3:7
up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.
— Ezra 7:22
Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
— Nehemiah 5:11
There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
— Nehemiah 5:17
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
— Nehemiah 5:18
The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
— Nehemiah 7:72
Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
— Nehemiah 8:10
And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
— Esther 5:6
You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
— Job 22:7
then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
— Job 31:8
if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
— Job 31:17