because.

Philippians 4:11
I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

Malachi 1:10
"Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you, " says the LORD of Hosts, "and I will accept no offering from your hands."

Acts 20:33, 34
I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. . . .

1 Corinthians 9:12-15
If others have this right to your support, shouldn't we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ. . . .

2 Corinthians 11:16
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

1 Thessalonians 2:5
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

1 Timothy 3:3
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Titus 1:7
As God's steward, an overseer must be above reproach--not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

1 Peter 5:2
Be shepherds of God's flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God's will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

2 Peter 2:3, 15
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with tales they have concocted. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. . . .

Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah's rebellion.

fruit.

Philippians 1:11
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Micah 7:1
Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.

John 15:8, 16
This is to My Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples. . . .

Romans 15:28
So after I have completed this service and safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.

2 Corinthians 9:9-13
As it is written: "He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever." . . .

Titus 3:14
And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.

to.

Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Matthew 10:40-42
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me. . . .

Matthew 25:34-40
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. . . .

Luke 14:12-14
Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid. . . .

Hebrews 6:10
God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.