8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Blessing and Curse
• Love
• Wealth and Poverty

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

• 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
• 1Tim 6:18 — That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• 2Cor 8:1 — Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
• 2Cor 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• 2Cor 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• 2Cor 9:7 — Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
• 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.
• 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 15:10 — Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest
• Deut 28:56 — The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, a
• Eccl 11:1 — Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• Eccl 11:1 — Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Heb 13:16 — But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• Isa 32:8 — But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
• Isa 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fl
• Isa 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fl
• Job 31:16 — If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
• Luke 6:35 — But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the ev
• Luke 6:35 — But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the ev
• Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measu
• Luke 14:13 — But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
• Mark 7:22 — Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
• Matt 20:15 — Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
• Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• 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:
• Prov 3:10 — So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
• Prov 11:25 — The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
• Prov 19:17 — He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Prov 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• Prov 23:6 — Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
• Prov 28:27 — He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
• Prov 31:20 — She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
• Ps 41:1 — Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Ps 112:9 — He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• 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.