Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you.

If you fail to carry around with you a heart of gratitude for the love you've been so freely given, it is easy for you not to love others as you should.

A selfish person will never learn the joy of giving and being a blessing to others.

Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.

And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.

Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.