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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Almsgiving</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/a/almsgiving.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/2_corinthians/9-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/a/almsgiving.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Almsgiving</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/a/alms-deeds.htm" title="Alms-deeds">◄</a> Almsgiving <a href="/topical/a/almug.htm" title="Almug">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Almsgiving, the practice of giving to the poor and needy, is a significant theme throughout the Bible, reflecting God's heart for justice, mercy, and compassion. It is an act of charity that is deeply rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition, emphasizing the importance of caring for those who are less fortunate.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, almsgiving is closely associated with the broader concept of justice and righteousness. The Law of Moses includes numerous provisions for the care of the poor, widows, orphans, and foreigners. For instance, <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9-10</a> instructs, "When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God."<br><br>The wisdom literature also emphasizes the virtue of generosity. <a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a> states, "Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender." This verse highlights the belief that God Himself honors and rewards those who give to the needy.<br><br><b>New Testament Teachings</b><br><br>In the New Testament, almsgiving is further elevated as a spiritual discipline. Jesus Christ, in His teachings, underscores the importance of giving with the right heart. In the Sermon on the Mount, He instructs, "So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you" (<a href="/matthew/6-2.htm">Matthew 6:2-4</a>).<br><br>The early church exemplified the practice of almsgiving as part of their communal life. <a href="/acts/2-44.htm">Acts 2:44-45</a> describes the believers' generosity: "All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need." This communal sharing was a testament to their unity and love for one another.<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>Almsgiving is not merely a social obligation but a reflection of God's character and His kingdom values. It is an expression of love and obedience to God's command to care for the "least of these" (<a href="/matthew/25-40.htm">Matthew 25:40</a>). The act of giving is seen as a tangible demonstration of faith and a means of storing up treasures in heaven (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>).<br><br>Furthermore, almsgiving is a means of participating in God's redemptive work in the world. By providing for the physical needs of others, believers are also given opportunities to share the gospel and demonstrate the love of Christ in practical ways.<br><br><b>Practical Application</b><br><br>For Christians today, almsgiving remains a vital practice. It calls for a heart of compassion and a willingness to sacrifice for the sake of others. Believers are encouraged to give generously and cheerfully, as Paul writes in <a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm">2 Corinthians 9:7</a> , "Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver."<br><br>In summary, almsgiving is a profound expression of Christian love and faith, deeply rooted in biblical teaching and tradition. It serves as a reminder of God's call to justice, mercy, and humility, inviting believers to reflect His character in their daily lives.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n.</I>) The giving of alms.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ALMS; ALMSGIVING</span><p>ams, ams-giv'-ing:<br><br>The English word "alms" is an abridged form of the Greek word, eleemosune (compare "eleemosynary"), appearing in gradually reduced forms in German Almosen, Wyclif's Almesse, Scotch Aw'mons, and our alms.<br><br>The later Jews often used "righteousness" tsedhaqah as meaning alms, that being in their view the foremost righteousness. (Compare our modern use of "charity" to denote almsgiving.) This use is seen in the Talmud and in the frequent translations of the Hebrew word for "righteousness" (tsedhaqah) by "alms" (eleemosune) in the Septuagint, though nothing warranting this is found in the Hebrew Old Testament, or in the true text of the New Testament. This notion of righteousness as alms being well-nigh universal among Jews in Jesus' day, and spreading even among Christians, accounts for "alms" in <a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Matthew 6:1</a>, where the true text has "righteousness": "Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them" (the Revised Version (British and American) with Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Bezae, the Latin versions, etc.). The oriental versions which generally read "alms" may be accounted for on the supposition that "alms" was first written on the margin as explaining the supposed meaning of "righteousness," and then, as according with this accepted oriental idea, was substituted for it in the text by the copyists.<br><br>Dikaiosune and eleemosune are both used in the Septuagint to translate chesedh, "kindness," and are also both used to translate tsedhaqah, "justice." Almsgiving was regarded not merely as a plain evidence of righteousness in general but also as an act of justice, a just debt owing to the needy. "No one refuses directly," Mackie says, hence, possibly, Christ's teaching in <a href="/luke/11-41.htm">Luke 11:41</a>, "Let your righteousness (charity) be from within," "Give your hearts to almsgiving."<br><br>In the course of time the impulse and command to give alms in a true human way, out of pity, such as is found expressed in <a href="/deuteronomy/15-11.htm">Deuteronomy 15:11</a> the King James Version, "Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land," gave place to a formal, meritorious" practice, possessing, like sacrifice, as men came to think, the power of atoning for man's sins, and redeeming him from calamity and death. For instance, <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a> (compare <a href="/proverbs/16-6.htm">Proverbs 16:6, 21:3</a>) was expounded: "Water will quench blazing fire; so doth almsgiving make atonement for sins" (Ecclesiasticus 3:30). "Lay up alms in thy storehouse; it shall deliver thee from affliction" (Ecclesiasticus 29:12). The story of Tobit is especially in point: it is simply a lesson on almsgiving and its redeeming powers: "Alms delivers from death and will purge away all sin" (Tobit 1:3, 16; 2:14; 4:7-11; 12:8, 9. Compare Sirach 29:11). Kindred teaching abounds in the Talmud: "Alms-giving is more excellent than all offerings," is "equal to the whole law," will "deliver from the condemnation of hell," will "make one perfectly righteous," etc. According to Rabbi Assi, "Almsgiving is a powerful paraclete between the Israelites and their Father in heaven, it brings the time of redemption nigh (Babha' Bathra' Talmud 10a).<br><br>The Roman Catholics, holding the books of Tobit and Sirach to be canonical, find in them proof-texts for their doctrine of almsgiving, and likewise attach great value to the gifts to the poor as atoning for sins. Protestants, by a natural reaction, have failed to hold always at its true value what was and is an important Christian duty (see <a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33</a> the King James Version, and, compare <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-24</a>: "Sell that ye have and give alms," etc.). It seems to have been so regarded and kept up in the Christian communities until the beginning of the 4th century (Apos Const II 36; Cyprian, De Opera and Eleemos. xiv).<br><br>The teaching of Jesus on the subject is important, first, as bearing upon Jewish ideas and practices, and second, as bearing upon present-day Christian ideas and practices.<br><br>This teaching appears most conspicuously in the Sermon on the Mount. While showing what is required of the subjects of the Messianic reign, He avowedly sets forth a higher and more spiritual morality than that which was taught and practiced by the scribes and Pharisees: "Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven" (<a href="/matthew/5-20.htm">Matthew 5:20</a>). There, too, He lays down the general principle embodied in the words of <a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Matthew 6:1</a>: "Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them," and illustrates it by applying it to the three exercises most valued among the Jews (commended together in Tobit 12:8), namely, almsgiving (<a href="/matthew/6-2.htm">Matthew 6:2, 4</a>), prayer (<a href="/matthew/6-5.htm">Matthew 6:5-15</a>), and fasting (<a href="/matthew/6-16.htm">Matthew 6:16-18</a>). Jewish writers claim that these are "the three cardinal disciplines which the synagogue transmitted to the Christian church and the Mohammedan mosque" (compare Koran, Sura 2 40, 104; 9 54).<br><br>Clearly what Jesus here forbids in general is not publicity in performing good deeds, which is often necessary and proper, but ostentatious publicity, for the purpose of attracting attention. (The Greek conveys distinctly this idea of purpose, and the verb for "to be seen" is the one from which comes our word "theater.")<br><br>Jewish writers, as also Greek and Roman philosophers, have many notable maxims upon the beauty and importance of being unostentatious in virtue, especially in deeds of benevolence. The Essenes had their treasury in a chamber of their own in the temple that both the giving and the taking should be unobserved (Mishnah, Sheq., v.6). Rabbi Eleazer said, "Alms-giving should be done in secret and not before men, for he who gives before men is a sinner, and God shall bring also the good deed before his judgment" (B.B. 9a; compare <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:14</a>).<br><br>In applying this principle to almsgiving Jesus teaches His disciple: "When. thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do" (<a href="/matthew/6-2.htm">Matthew 6:2</a>). The conjecture of Calvin, followed by Stier and others, and mentioned as early as Euthymius, that it was a practice among Jews for an ostentatious almsgiver literally to sound a trumpet, or cause a trumpet to be sounded before him, in public places to summon the needy is without foundation (Lightfoot); as is also the notion, made current by the rabbis and accepted by Edersheim (The Temple, etc., 26), that by "sounding a trumpet" Jesus was alluding to the trumpet-like receptacles of brass in the temple treasury.<br><br>There is no proof that these were found "in the synagogues," or "in the streets." "Sound a trumpet," according to the Greek commentators, and the best modern authorities, is merely a figurative expression common to many languages, for self-parade-efforts to attract notice and win applause (compare our vulgar English saying about "blowing your own horn"). The contrast with the common practice instituted by Jesus is the significant thing: "But when thou doest alms"-"thou" is emphatic by position in the Greek-"let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth," etc., i.e. "So far from trumpeting your almsgiving before the public, do not even let it be known to yourself." Jesus here, Calvin well says, "silently glances at a kind of folly which prevails everywhere among men, that they think they have lost their pares if there have not been many spectators of their virtues." (The traditional saying of Mohammed, "In almsgiving, the left hand should not know what the right has given," is evidently borrowed from this saying of Jesus.) It is worthy of note that, despite popular practice, to give alms with right motives, and only to those who were worthy to receive, was a matter of special solicitude and instruction with the best among Jews as well as among Christians. The words of the Psalmist, "Blessed is he that considereth the poor," are construed to be an admonition to "take personal interest in him and not simply give him alms" (Lev. R. xxxiv). "When thou wilt do good, know to whom thou doest it. Give unto the good and help not the sinner" (Ecclesiasticus 12:1-6; compare Didache 1:5, 6). "He that gives a free offering should give with a well-meaning eye" (Yer. B.D. 4 11). Jesus' words concerning the "single" and the "evil" eye (compare <a href="/luke/11-34.htm">Luke 11:34-36</a>), and Paul's teaching, "God loveth a cheerful giver" (<a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm">2 Corinthians 9:7-9</a>) have their counterparts in Jewish teaching. Rabbi Eleazer, referring to <a href="/hosea/10-12.htm">Hosea 10:12</a>, taught this high doctrine. "The kindness displayed in the giving of alms decides the final reward" (Suk. 49b). Other kindred teaching in a way anticipated Jesus' supreme lesson, "that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee" (<a href="/matthew/6-4.htm">Matthew 6:4</a>).<br><br>LITERATURE.<br><br>Commentaries at the place Rabbinical literature in point. D. Cassel, Die Armenverwaltung des alten Israel, 1887.<br><br>George B. Eager<p><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_almsgiving_is_an_act.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Almsgiving</b> is an Act of Charity?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF ALMSDEEDS (TEN ARTICLES) Whether <b>almsgiving</b> is an act of charity? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that <b>almsgiving</b> is not an act of charity. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether almsgiving is an act.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/handbook_on_faith_hope_and_love/chapter_xx_spiritual_almsgiving.htm"><span class="l">Spiritual <b>Almsgiving</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER XX. Spiritual <b>Almsgiving</b>. 75. Now, surely, those who live in gross<br> wickedness and take no care to correct their lives and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xx spiritual almsgiving.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_almsgiving_is_a_matter.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Almsgiving</b> is a Matter of Precept?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF ALMSDEEDS (TEN ARTICLES) Whether <b>almsgiving</b> is a matter of precept? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that <b>almsgiving</b> is not a matter of precept. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether almsgiving is a matter.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_second_epistle_of_clement/chap_xvi_the_excellence_of_almsgiving.htm"><span class="l">The Excellence of <b>Almsgiving</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Homily. Chap. xvi."the excellence of <b>almsgiving</b>. Wherefore, brethren,<br> having received no small occasion [3969] for repentance <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the second epistle of clement/chap xvi the excellence of almsgiving.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/handbook_on_faith_hope_and_love/chapter_xix_almsgiving_and_forgiveness.htm"><span class="l"><b>Almsgiving</b> and Forgiveness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER XIX. <b>Almsgiving</b> and Forgiveness. 70. We must beware, however, lest<br> anyone suppose that unspeakable crimes such as they commit <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xix almsgiving and forgiveness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_enchiridion/chapter_70_almsgiving_will_not_atone.htm"><span class="l"><b>Almsgiving</b> Will not Atone for Sin Unless the Life be Changed.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 70."<b>Almsgiving</b> Will Not Atone for Sin Unless the Life Be Changed.<br> We must beware, however, lest any one should suppose <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 70 almsgiving will not atone.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_27_against_the_belief_of.htm"><span class="l">Against the Belief of those who Think that the Sins which have <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book XXI. Chapter 27."Against the Belief of Those Who Think that the Sins Which<br> Have Been Accompanied with <b>Almsgiving</b> Will Do Them No Harm. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 27 against the belief of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/18_the_righteousness_of_this.htm"><span class="l">The Righteousness of this Life Comprehended in Three Parts <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Eutropius and Paulus. (18.) The Righteousness of This Life Comprehended<br> in Three Parts,"Fasting, <b>Almsgiving</b>, and Prayer. As long <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/18 the righteousness of this.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_gal_eph_phi_col_thess_tim_titus_and_philemon/homily_vi_titus_iii_11-aug.htm"><span class="l">Titus iii. 11-Aug</span></a> <br><b>...</b> which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works"; that is, Discourse<br> of these things, and from a consideration of them exhort to <b>almsgiving</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../homily vi titus iii 11-aug.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_epistles_of_paul_to_the_corinthians/homily_xx_2_cor_ix.htm"><span class="l">2 Cor. Ix. 10</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For he asks not <b>almsgiving</b> merely, but with largeness. Wherefore also<br> he continually calls it "seed." For like as the corn cast <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xx 2 cor ix.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/almsgiving.htm"><span class="l"><b>Almsgiving</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The giving of alms. Int. Standard Bible<br> Encyclopedia. ALMS; <b>ALMSGIVING</b>. ams, ams-giv'-ing: The English <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/almsgiving.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/alms.htm"><span class="l">Alms (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing;<br> a gift of charity. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ALMS; <b>ALMSGIVING</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/alms.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/charity.htm"><span class="l">Charity (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. A New Word 2. A New Ideal 3. An Apostolic Term 4. Latin Equivalents 5. English<br> Translation 6. Inward Motive 7. Character 8. Ultimate Ideal 9. <b>Almsgiving</b> 10. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/charity.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fellowship.htm"><span class="l">Fellowship (114 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> worship in the same class with "the breaking of bread and the prayers." 3.<br> Contributions: Christian fellowship found a natural mode of expression in <b>almsgiving</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fellowship.htm - 47k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/almug.htm"><span class="l">Almug (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/almug.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tobit.htm"><span class="l">Tobit</span></a><br><b>...</b> What the writer seeks to make clear is that if they are faithful to their religious<br> duties, giving themselves to prayer and <b>almsgiving</b>, burying their dead <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tobit.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/anaharath.htm"><span class="l">Anaharath (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> What the writer seeks to make clear is that if they are faithful to their religious<br> duties, giving themselves to prayer and <b>almsgiving</b>, burying their dead <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/anaharath.htm - 87k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pharisees.htm"><span class="l">Pharisees (86 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the Law 5. Traditional Interpretations of the Law by Pharisees (Sabbath, etc.) 6.<br> Close Students of the Text of Scripture (1) Messianic Hopes (2) <b>Almsgiving</b> III <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pharisees.htm - 66k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/communion.htm"><span class="l">Communion (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> worship in the same class with "the breaking of bread and the prayers." 3.<br> Contributions: Christian fellowship found a natural mode of expression in <b>almsgiving</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/communion.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/plentiful.htm"><span class="l">Plentiful (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 10 And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will<br> supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your <b>almsgiving</b> to yield <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/plentiful.htm - 11k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/alms-almsgiving.html">What are alms? What is almsgiving? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/plenary-indulgences.html">What are indulgences and plenary indulgences and is the concept biblical? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-charity.html">What does the Bible say about charity? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/almsgiving.htm">Almsgiving: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Almsgiving (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-9.htm">2 Corinthians 9:9</a></span><br />As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his <span class="boldtext">almsgiving</span> remains for ever."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a></span><br />And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your <span class="boldtext">almsgiving</span> to yield a plentiful harvest.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/4-27.htm">Daniel 4:27</a></span><br />Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; 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