Bible Verses about “giving 10 percent”

“[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

“¶ ‹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.›”

“‹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 measured to you again.›”

“‹Therefore when thou doest› [thine] ‹alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”

“‹That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.›”

“‹But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:›”

“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.›”

“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].”

“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:”

“¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”

“So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.”

“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”

“Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.”

“¶ And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.”

“And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.”

“And he said, ‹Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:›”

“‹For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.›”

“And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.”

“And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:›”

“‹For all› [they] ‹did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had,› [even] ‹all her living.›”

“¶ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.”

“And all the tithe of the land, [whether] of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] the LORD'S: [it is] holy unto the LORD.”

“Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.”

“¶ If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?”

“And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.”

“To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;”

“Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.”

“And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:”

“And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,”

“So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:”

“By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.”

“¶ For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;”

“But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.”

“And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.”

“And here men that die receive tithes; but there he [receiveth them], of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.”

“And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.”

“For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.”

“For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.”

“And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,”

“For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”

“(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)”

“And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:”

“But this [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.”

“Now consider how great this man [was], unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”

“For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.”

“For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.”

“Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.”

“For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.”

“For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.”