Adult Bible Study

GOD ON GIVING - Leviticus 27:30
A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD;

JESUS ON GIVING - Matthew 5:40-41
"And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well."

JESUS ON GIVING - Matthew 5:41
"If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles."

JESUS ON GIVING - Matthew 5:42
"Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."

JESUS ON GIVING - Matthew 19:21
Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

JESUS ON GIVING - Mark 10:21
Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

JESUS ON GIVING - Luke 6:29
"If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic."

JESUS ON GIVING - Luke 6:30
"Give to everyone that asketh thee; and from him that taketh away thy goods ask not again."

JESUS ON GIVING - Luke 6:35
"But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be Sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil."

JESUS ON GIVING - Luke 12:33
"Sell your possessions and give to the poor."

JESUS ON GIVING - Luke 14:33
"Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple."

JESUS ON THE RICH - Matthew 13:12 (NIV)
"Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

JESUS ON THE RICH - Mark 10:25
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

JESUS ON THE RICH - Luke 6:24-25
"But woe unto you that are rich! For ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep."

JESUS ON SAVING AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE - Matthew 6:19,20 (NIV)
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal."

JESUS ON SAVING AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE - Matthew 6:26,27 (NIV)
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"

JESUS ON SAVING AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE - Matthew 6:28-31 (NIV)
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'"

JESUS ON SAVING AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE - Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

JESUS ON SAVING AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE - Luke 14:33 (CEV)
"So then, you cannot be my disciple unless you give away everything you own."

JOHN THE BAPTIST, ON ASKING FOR A RAISE - Luke 3:13-14
"Exact no more than that which is appointed you." And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, "And what shall we do?" and he said unto them, "Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages."

GOD ON WORKING - Exodus 20:9-10
Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.