And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.

Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him.

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Genesis 14:18-21 But Melchisedech, the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God, . . .

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Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall be called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.

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Exodus 22:29 Thou shalt not delay to pay thy tithes and thy firstfruits: thou shalt give the firstborn of thy sons to me.

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Exodus 23:19 Thou shalt carry the first-fruits of the corn of thy ground to the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

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Exodus 34:26 The first of the fruits of thy ground thou shalt offer in the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

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Exodus 35:20-29 And all the multitude of the children of Israel going out from the presence of Moses, . . .

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Numbers 7:2 The princes of Israel and the heads of the families, in every tribe, who were the rulers of them who had been numbered, offered

Numbers 31:50 Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what gold every one of us could find in the booty, in garters and tablets, rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou mayst pray to the Lord for us.

Deuteronomy 26:2 Thou shalt take the first of all thy fruits, and put them in a basket, and shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may be invocated there:

Haggai 1:4-9 Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate? . . .

Malachi 3:8,9 Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits. . . .

Mark 14:7,8,10 For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always. . . .

Luke 14:13,14 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind. . . .

1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of the week, let every one of you put apart with himself, laying up what it shall well please him: that when I come, the collections be not then to be made.

2 Corinthians 8:2,3,8,9 That in much experience of tribulation, they have had abundance of joy and their very deep poverty hath abounded unto the riches of their simplicity. . . .

Philippians 4:17,18 Not that I seek the gift: but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account. . . .

1 John 3:17,18 He that hath the substance of this world and shall see his brother in need and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him? . . .