15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Prov 22:8 · adapted
  "He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail."
  Proverbs: God loves a cheerful giver — LXX addition adapted by Paul

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Wealth and Poverty

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
• 1Chr 29:6 — Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly,
• 1Chr 29:9 — Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
• 1Chr 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy t
• 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
• 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
• 1Sam 13:12 — Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
• 2Chr 24:10 — And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
• 2Cor 8:8 — I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
• 2Cor 8:12 — For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
• 2Cor 8:12 — For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
• Acts 20:35 — I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
• Dan 1:8 — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he mig
• Deut 15:7 — If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor bro
• Deut 15:14 — Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
• Exod 25:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
• Exod 25:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
• Exod 35:5 — Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
• Exod 35:5 — Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
• Exod 35:29 — The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand
• Ezra 1:6 — And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
• Ezra 2:68 — And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
• Isa 32:5 — The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
• Isa 32:8 — But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
• Jas 5:9 — Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
• Jas 5:9 — Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
• Lev 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
• Matt 25:35 — For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
• Phlm 1:14 — But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
• Prov 11:25 — The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
• Prov 22:9 — He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
• Prov 23:6 — Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
• Rom 12:8 — Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
• Rom 12:8 — Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.