Bible Cross References
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Proverbs 14:31
If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who made them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.
Genesis 14:18-21
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And Melchizedek, who was king of Salem and also a priest of the Most High God, brought bread and wine to Abram,
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blessed him, and said, "May the Most High God, who made heaven and earth, bless Abram!
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May the Most High God, who gave you victory over your enemies, be praised!" And Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the loot he had recovered.
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The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Keep the loot, but give me back all my people."
Genesis 28:22
This memorial stone which I have set up will be the place where you are worshiped, and I will give you a tenth of everything you give me."
Exodus 22:29
"Give me the offerings from your grain, your wine, and your olive oil when they are due. "Give me your first-born sons.
Exodus 23:19
"Each year bring to the house of the LORD your God the first grain that you harvest. "Do not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother's milk.
Exodus 34:26
"Each year bring to the house of the LORD the first grain that you harvest. "Do not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother's milk."
Exodus 35:20-29
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All the people of Israel left,
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and everyone who wished to do so brought an offering to the LORD for making the Tent of the LORD's presence. They brought everything needed for use in worship and for making the priestly garments.
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All who wanted to, both men and women, brought decorative pins, earrings, rings, necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry and dedicated them to the LORD.
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Everyone who had fine linen; blue, purple, or red wool; cloth of goats' hair; rams' skin dyed red; or fine leather, brought it.
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All who were able to contribute silver or bronze brought their offering for the LORD, and all who had acacia wood which could be used for any of the work brought it.
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All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they had made.
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They also made thread of goats' hair.
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The leaders brought carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod and the breastpiece
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and spices and oil for the lamps, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet-smelling incense.
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All the people of Israel who wanted to brought their offering to the LORD for the work which he had commanded Moses to do.
Numbers 7:2-89
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Then the clan chiefs who were leaders in the tribes of Israel, the same men who were in charge of the census,
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brought their offerings to the LORD: six wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two leaders and an ox for each leader. After they had presented them,
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the LORD said to Moses,
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"Accept these gifts for use in the work to be done for the Tent; give them to the Levites according to the work they have to do."
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So Moses gave the wagons and the oxen to the Levites.
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He gave two wagons and four oxen to the Gershonites,
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and four wagons and eight oxen to the Merarites. All their work was to be done under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron.
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But Moses gave no wagons or oxen to the Kohathites, because the sacred objects they took care of had to be carried on their shoulders.
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The leaders also brought offerings to celebrate the dedication of the altar. When they were ready to present their gifts at the altar,
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the LORD said to Moses, "Tell them that each day for a period of twelve days one of the leaders is to present his gifts for the dedication of the altar."
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They presented their offerings in the following order: (Day: Tribe: Leader); 1st: Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab; 2nd: Issachar: Nethanel son of Zuar; 3rd: Zebulun: Eliab son of Helon; 4th: Reuben: Elizur son of Shedeur; 5th: Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; 6th: Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel; 7th: Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud; 8th: Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; 9th: Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni; 10th: Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; 11th: Asher: Pagiel son of Ochran; 12th: Naphtali: Ahira son of Enan. The offerings each one brought were identical: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces and one silver basin weighing 30 ounces, by the official standard, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for the grain offering; one gold dish weighing 4 ounces, full of incense; one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old lamb, for the burnt offering; one goat for the sin offering; and two bulls, five rams, five goats, and five one-year-old lambs, for the fellowship offering.
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The totals of the offerings brought by the twelve leaders for the dedication of the altar were as follows: --twelve silver bowls and twelve silver basins weighing a total of 60 pounds --twelve gold dishes weighing a total of 48 ounces, filled with incense --twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old lambs, plus the grain offerings that go with them, for the burnt offerings --twelve goats for the sin offerings --twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty goats, sixty one-year-old lambs, for the fellowship offerings
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When Moses went into the Tent to talk with the LORD, he heard the LORD speaking to him from above the lid on the Covenant Box, between the two winged creatures.
Numbers 31:50-54
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So we are bringing the gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces that each of us has taken. We offer them to the LORD as a payment for our lives, so that he will protect us."
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Moses and Eleazar received the gold, all of which was in the form of ornaments.
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The total contribution of the officers weighed over four hundred pounds.
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Those who were not officers kept the loot they had taken.
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So Moses and Eleazar took the gold to the Tent, so that the LORD would protect the people of Israel.
Deuteronomy 26:2-15
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each of you must place in a basket the first part of each crop that you harvest and you must take it with you to the one place of worship.
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Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, 'I now acknowledge to the LORD my God that I have entered the land that he promised our ancestors to give us.'
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"The priest will take the basket from you and place it before the altar of the LORD your God.
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Then, in the LORD's presence you will recite these words: 'My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, who took his family to Egypt to live. They were few in number when they went there, but they became a large and powerful nation.
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The Egyptians treated us harshly and forced us to work as slaves.
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Then we cried out for help to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. He heard us and saw our suffering, hardship, and misery.
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By his great power and strength he rescued us from Egypt. He worked miracles and wonders, and caused terrifying things to happen.
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He brought us here and gave us this rich and fertile land.
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So now I bring to the LORD the first part of the harvest that he has given me.' "Then set the basket down in the LORD's presence and worship there.
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Be grateful for the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family; and let the Levites and the foreigners who live among you join in the celebration.
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"Every third year give the tithe---a tenth of your crops---to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, so that in every community they will have all they need to eat. When you have done this,
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say to the LORD, 'None of the sacred tithe is left in my house; I have given it to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded me to do. I have not disobeyed or forgotten any of your commands concerning the tithe.
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I have not eaten any of it when I was mourning; I have not taken any of it out of my house when I was ritually unclean; and I have not given any of it as an offering for the dead. I have obeyed you, O LORD; I have done everything you commanded concerning the tithe.
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Look down from your holy place in heaven and bless your people Israel; bless also the rich and fertile land that you have given us, as you promised our ancestors.'
Haggai 1:4-9
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"My people, why should you be living in well-built houses while my Temple lies in ruins?
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Don't you see what is happening to you?
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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.
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Can't you see why this has happened?
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Now go up into the hills, get lumber, and rebuild the Temple; then I will be pleased and will be worshiped as I should be.
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"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.
Malachi 3:8
I ask you, is it right for a person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. 'How?' you ask. In the matter of tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:9
A curse is on all of you because the whole nation is cheating me.
Mark 14:7
You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me.
Mark 14:8
She did what she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial.
Mark 14:10-21
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Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Jesus to them.
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They were pleased to hear what he had to say, and promised to give him money. So Judas started looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them.
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On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the day the lambs for the Passover meal were killed, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and get the Passover meal ready for you?"
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Then Jesus sent two of them with these instructions: "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him
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to the house he enters, and say to the owner of the house: 'The Teacher says, Where is the room where my disciples and I will eat the Passover meal?'
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Then he will show you a large upstairs room, fixed up and furnished, where you will get everything ready for us."
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The disciples left, went to the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal.
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When it was evening, Jesus came with the twelve disciples.
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While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you that one of you will betray me---one who is eating with me."
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The disciples were upset and began to ask him, one after the other, "Surely you don't mean me, do you?"
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Jesus answered, "It will be one of you twelve, one who dips his bread in the dish with me.
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The Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will; but how terrible for that man who will betray the Son of Man! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!"
Luke 14:13
When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;
Luke 14:14
and you will be blessed, because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death."
1 Corinthians 16:2
Every Sunday each of you must put aside some money, in proportion to what you have earned, and save it up, so that there will be no need to collect money when I come.
2 Corinthians 8:2
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.
2 Corinthians 8:3
I can assure you that they gave as much as they could, and even more than they could. Of their own free will
2 Corinthians 8:8
I am not laying down any rules. But by showing how eager others are to help, I am trying to find out how real your own love is.
2 Corinthians 8:9
You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.
Philippians 4:17
It is not that I just want to receive gifts; rather, I want to see profit added to your account.
Philippians 4:18
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.
1 John 3:17
If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God?
1 John 3:18
My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.