Amaziah asked the prophet, "But what about all that silver I have already paid for them?" The prophet replied, "The LORD can give you back more than that!"

The LORD is our protector and glorious king, blessing us with kindness and honor. He does not refuse any good thing to those who do what is right.

Honor the LORD by making him an offering from the best of all that your land produces.

It is the LORD's blessing that makes you wealthy. Hard work can make you no richer.

Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer.

Give to the poor and you will never be in need. If you close your eyes to the poor, many people will curse you.

All the silver and gold of the world is mine.

Bring the full amount of your tithes to the Temple, so that there will be plenty of food there. Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things.

Here, then, is my receipt for everything you have given me---and it has been more than enough! I have all I need now that Epaphroditus has brought me all your gifts. They are like a sweet-smelling offering to God, a sacrifice which is acceptable and pleasing to him.

And besides that, he has been chosen and appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this service of love for the sake of the Lord's glory and in order to show that we want to help.

Each one, as a good manager of God's different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God.

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.

All riches and wealth come from you; you rule everything by your strength and power; and you are able to make anyone great and strong.

"Yet my people and I cannot really give you anything, because everything is a gift from you, and we have only given back what is yours already.

They have been severely tested by the troubles they went through; but their joy was so great that they were extremely generous in their giving, even though they are very poor.

You are so rich in all you have: in faith, speech, and knowledge, in your eagerness to help and in your love for us. And so we want you to be generous also in this service of love.

In Joppa there was a woman named Tabitha, who was a believer. (Her name in Greek is Dorcas, meaning "a deer.") She spent all her time doing good and helping the poor.

So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless.

God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.

Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him. Your lives will produce all kinds of good deeds, and you will grow in your knowledge of God.

encourage you and strengthen you to always do and say what is good.

so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

This is a true saying. I want you to give special emphasis to these matters, so that those who believe in God may be concerned with giving their time to doing good deeds, which are good and useful for everyone.

Our people must learn to spend their time doing good, in order to provide for real needs; they should not live useless lives.