2 Corinthians 9:10
And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness,
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In Context
11being enriched in everything for every generosity, which works gratitude to God through us.
Cross References
Genesis 47:19Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land not be desolate.
Proverbs 11:18A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.
Isaiah 55:10For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
Matthew 6:1Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
Ephesians 5:9(for the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Philippians 4:17Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 9:7-15
Charity Urged. ( a. d. 57.) 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 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. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his… Read the whole commentary →