For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
…in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.