Money and work
What does the Bible say about tithing?
The tithe begins in the Old Testament as a tenth given to God. The New Testament speaks less of percentages and more of cheerful, generous, regular giving.
What Scripture says
Malachi 3:10
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says the LORD of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.”
Leviticus 27:30
““‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.”
2 Corinthians 9:7
“Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
Matthew 23:23
““Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.”
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