Bible Verses about โpaying a late titheโ
The Bible contains 44 verses about paying a late tithe across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โ"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.โ
โ"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."โ
โTherefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.โ
โso that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.โ
โBut when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,โ
โLet each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.โ
โBut you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:โ
โas free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.โ
โJesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.โ
โwho his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.โ
โHonor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.โ
โTherefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;โ
โYou also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.โ
โFor this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:โ
โas newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,โ
โFor to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,โ
โor to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.โ
โPutting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,โ
โBeloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;โ
โcoming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.โ
โHonor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:โ
โServants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.โ
โFor what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.โ
โhaving good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.โ
โif indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:โ
โFor you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.โ
โwho in time past were no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.โ
โBecause it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed."โ
โFor it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.โ
โWho, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;โ
โwho did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."โ
โand, "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.โ
โFor you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,"โ
โso your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.โ
โA poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.โ
โHe called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,โ
โfor they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."โ
โ"'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.โ
โthen this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."โ
โJacob 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 clothing to put on,โ
โso that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,โ
โAll the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.โ
โIf a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.โ
โHe shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"โ
