Bible Cross References
that scattereth
Proverbs 11:18
Wicked people do not really gain anything, but if you do what is right, you are certain to be rewarded.
Proverbs 19:17
When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the LORD, and the LORD will pay you back.
Proverbs 28:8
If you get rich by charging interest and taking advantage of people, your wealth will go to someone who is kind to the poor.
Deuteronomy 15:10
Give to them freely and unselfishly, and the LORD will bless you in everything you do.
Psalm 112:9
He gives generously to the needy, and his kindness never fails; he will be powerful and respected.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Invest your money in foreign trade, and one of these days you will make a profit.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Put your investments in several places---many places even---because you never know what kind of bad luck you are going to have in this world.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Do your planting in the morning and in the evening, too. You never know whether it will all grow well or whether one planting will do better than the other.
Luke 6:38
Give to others, and God will give to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands---all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you."
Acts 11:29
The disciples decided that they each would send as much as they could to help their fellow believers who lived in Judea.
Acts 11:30
They did this, then, and sent the money to the church elders by Barnabas and Saul.
2 Corinthians 9:5-11
5
So I thought it was necessary to urge these believers to go to you ahead of me and get ready in advance the gift you promised to make. Then it will be ready when I arrive, and it will show that you give because you want to, not because you have to.
6
Remember that the person who plants few seeds will have a small crop; the one who plants many seeds will have a large crop.
7
You should each give, then, as you have decided, not with regret or out of a sense of duty; for God loves the one who gives gladly.
8
And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.
9
As the scripture says, "He gives generously to the needy; his kindness lasts forever."
10
And God, who supplies seed for the sower and bread to eat, will also supply you with all the seed you need and will make it grow and produce a rich harvest from your generosity.
11
He will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times, so that many will thank God for your gifts which they receive from us.
but
Haggai 1:6
You have planted much grain, but have harvested very little. You have food to eat, but not enough to make you full. You have wine to drink, but not enough to get drunk on! You have clothing, but not enough to keep you warm. And workers cannot earn enough to live on.
Haggai 1:9-11
9
"You hoped for large harvests, but they turned out to be small. And when you brought the harvest home, I blew it away. Why did I do that? Because my Temple lies in ruins while every one of you is busy working on your own house.
10
That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow.
11
I have brought drought on the land---on its hills, grainfields, vineyards, and olive orchards---on every crop the ground produces, on people and animals, on everything you try to grow."
Haggai 2:16-19
16
you would go to a pile of grain expecting to find twenty bushels, but there would be only ten. You would go to draw fifty gallons of wine from a vat, but find only twenty.
17
I sent scorching winds and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, but still you did not repent.
18
Today is the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day that the foundation of the Temple has been completed. See what is going to happen from now on.
19
Although there is no grain left, and the grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced, yet from now on I will bless you."