- as God:
- "Then Isaacª sowedª° in that¹ land,ª and receivedª° in the same¹ yearª an hundredfold:ªª and the LORDª blessedª° him." {Gen 26:12} + "And Labanª saidª° unto¹ him, I pray thee,¹ if¹ I have foundª° favourª in thine eyes,ª [tarry: for] I have learned by experienceª° that the LORDª hath blessedª° me for thy sake.ª" {Gen 30:27} + "For¹ [it was] littleª which¹ thou hadst¹ before¹ I² [came], and it is [now] increasedª° unto a multitude;ª and the LORDª hath blessedª° thee since my coming:ª and now¹ whenª shall I¹ provideª° for mine own houseª also?¹" {Gen 30:30} + "I am not worthy¹ of the least²° of all¹¹ the mercies,ª and of all¹¹ the truth,ª which¹ thou hast shewedª° unto¹ thy servant;ª for¹ with my staffª I passed overª°¹ this¹ Jordan;ª and now¹ I am become¹ twoª bands.ª" {Gen 32:10} + "Take,ª° I pray thee,¹¹ my blessingª that¹ is broughtª° to thee; because¹ Godª hath dealt graciously¹ with me,²° and because²°¹ I haveª enough.ª And he urgedª° him, and he tookª° [it]." {Gen 33:11} + "But thou shalt rememberª°¹ the LORDª thy God:ª for¹ [it is] he¹ that givethª° thee powerª to getª° wealth,ª that¹ he may establishª°¹ his covenantª which¹ he swareª° unto thy fathers,ª as [it is] this¹ day.ª" {Deu 8:18} + "For¹ the poorª shall never¹ ceaseª° out ofª¹ the land:ª therefore¹¹ I¹ commandª° thee, saying,ª° Thou shalt openª°¹ thine handª wideª° unto thy brother,ª to thy poor,ª and to thy needy,ª in thy land.ª ... Thou shalt furnish²° him liberallyª° out of thy flock,ª¹ and out of thy floor,ª¹ and out of thy winepress:ª¹ [of that] wherewith¹ the LORDª thy Godª hath blessedª° thee thou shalt giveª° unto him." {Deu 15:11-14} + "And Azariahª the chiefª priestª of the houseª of Zadokª answeredª°¹ him, and said,ª° Since [the people] beganª°¹ to bringª° the offeringsª into the houseª of the LORD,ª we have had enoughª° to eat,ª° and have leftª°¹ plenty:ª for¹ the LORDª hath blessedª°¹ his people;ª and that which is leftª° [is]¹ this¹ great store.ª" {2Ch 31:10} + "Since those [days] were,¹¹ when [one] cameª° to¹ an heapª of twentyª [measures], there were¹ [but] ten:ª when [one] cameª° to¹ the pressfatª for to draw outª° fiftyª [vessels] out of the press,ª there were¹ [but] twenty.ª ... Is the seedª yet¹ in the barn?ª yea, as yet¹ the vine,ª and the fig tree,ª and the pomegranate,ª and the oliveª tree,ª hath not¹ brought forth:ª° from¹ this¹ dayª will I blessª° [you]." {Hgg 2:16-19} + "Ye¹ [are] cursedª° with a curse:ª for ye¹ have robbedª° me, [even] this whole¹ nation.ª ... Bringª° ye¹ all¹ the tithesª into¹ the storehouse,ª¹ that there may be¹ meatª in mine house,ª and proveª° me now¹ herewith,ª saithª° the LORDª of hosts,ª if¹ I will not¹ openª° you¹ the windowsª of heaven,ª and pour you outª° a blessing,ª that¹ [there shall] not¹ [be room] enoughª [to receive it]." {Mal 3:9-10} + "Andª Jesusª satª° over againstª the¹ treasury,ª and beheldª° howª the¹ peopleª castª° moneyª intoª the¹ treasury:ª andª manyª that were richª cast inª° much.ª ... Forª allª [they] did cast inª° ofª theirª abundance;ª° butª sheª°² ofª her²¹ wantª did cast inª° allª thatª she had,ª° [even] allª her²¹ living.ª" {Mrk 12:41-44} + "She hath doneª° whatª sheª°² could:ª° she is come aforehandª° to anointª° myª bodyª toª the¹ burying.ª" {Mrk 14:8} + "He that is faithfulª inª that which is leastª isª° faithfulª alsoª inª much:ª andª he that is unjustª inª the leastª isª° unjustª alsoª inª much.ª" {Lke 16:10} + "Moreover,ª brethren,ª we do²° you² to witª°¹ of the¹ graceª of Godª bestowedª° onª the¹ churchesª of Macedonia;ª ... Forª toª [their] power,ª I bear record,ª° yea, andª beyondª [their] powerª [they were] willing of themselves;ª" {2Co 8:1-3} + "Forª if¹ there² be firstª° a willing mind,²¹ [it is] acceptedª according to² that²¹ a manª hath,ª°¹ [and] notª according to thatª he hathª° not.ª ... Asª it is written,ª° He¹ that [had gathered]² muchª had²° nothing² over;ª°¹ andª he¹ that [had gathered]² littleª had²° no² lack.ª°¹" {2Co 8:12-15}
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