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106 Bible verses about Tithes
Tithing, as a form of giving back to God, was established in the Old Testament to provide for the Levites, the temple or tabernacle expenses, and to help widows, orphans, and the poor. Giving tithes and offerings isn't something to take lightly; it reflects the condition of your heart. It's not just about giving money, but about expressing genuine generosity.
When you tithe, you put your faith into action, showing trust in God's abundant grace. You demonstrate your love, remembering that God gave the best He had—His son, Jesus—out of love for you. Giving with excellence isn't about bragging about how much you give, but about expressing your love for God through cheerful, obedient giving.
A tithe represents a tenth of what you receive, given back to God. The first recorded tithe in the Bible was Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek1 as a sign of gratitude. When you tithe, you express thanks to the Father for all your blessings, acknowledging His mercy and undeserved favor.
Tithing and offering are acts of worship. Amazing things happen when you worship through giving. You join in the cycle of financial freedom that God has for you. If you receive but don't tithe, you break that cycle.
Your main motivation for tithing should be to participate in the divine blessings God has for every believer. When you embrace this understanding, your life changes. Don't follow the example of those who choose not to tithe for personal reasons; that prevents God's overflowing abundance from flowing. Give to God because you love Him and are grateful for all He's done for you.
1 Genesis 14:20And Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a stone pillar, and poured oil on top of it.And he called the name of that place Bethel; however, the name of the city was formerly Luz.And Jacob made a vow saying, “If God will be with me and protect me on this way that I am going, and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,and if I return in peace to the house of my father, then Yahweh will become my God.And this stone that I have set up as a pillar shall be the house of God, and of all that you give to me I will certainly give a tenth to you.”
“Certainly you must give a tithe of all the yield of your seed, which comes forth from your field year after year.And you shall eat before Yahweh your God in the place that he will choose to make to dwell his name there the tithe of your grain, your wine and your olive oil and the firstling of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere Yahweh your God always.
Honor Yahweh from your substance, and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,and your barns shall be full of plenty, and your vats shall burst with new wine.
And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth.And blessed be God Most High who delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave to him a tenth of everything.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees—hypocrites!—because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important matters of the law—justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these things while not neglecting those.
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of everything—in the first place, his name is translated “king of righteousness,” and then also “king of Salem,” that is, “king of peace”;
“You will speak to the Levites and say to them, ‘When you receive the tithe from the Israelites that I have given to you from them for your inheritance, you will present a contribution from it to Yahweh, a tithe from a tithe.
“When you are finished giving a tithe, all of the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, then you shall give to the Levite, to the alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and they may be satisfied.And you shall say before Yahweh your God, ‘I have removed the sacred portion from the house and, moreover, I have given it to the Levite and to the alien and to the orphan and to the widow according to all your commandment that you commanded me; I have not transgressed any of your commandments, and I have not forgotten any of them.
And indeed, who am I, and who are my people that we retain power to offer according to these offerings willingly? For everything is from you, and from your hand we have given to you.
There is one who gives yet grows richer, but he who withholds what is right only finds need.A person of blessing will be enriched, and he who gives water also will be refreshed.
Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure—pressed down, shaken, overflowing—they will pour out into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you in return.”
And so the Levite may come, because there is no plot of ground for him or an inheritance with you, and the alien also may come and the orphan and the widow that are in your towns, and they may eat their fill, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all of the work of your hand that you undertake.”
And the word spread. The Israelites gave abundantly from the firstfruits of grain, new wine, olive oil, honey, and all kinds of grains from the field. And they brought tithes of everything in abundance.
And indeed those of the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have a commandment to collect a tenth from the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, although they are descended from Abraham.
And Jacob made a vow saying, “If God will be with me and protect me on this way that I am going, and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,and if I return in peace to the house of my father, then Yahweh will become my God.And this stone that I have set up as a pillar shall be the house of God, and of all that you give to me I will certainly give a tenth to you.”
Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
In the same way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Every man and woman whose heart impelled them to bring for all the work to be done that Yahweh had commanded by the agency of Moses—the Israelites brought freely to Yahweh.
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all things richly for enjoyment,to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing freely,storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, in order that they may take hold of what is truly life.
For if the eagerness is present according to what one has, it is acceptable not according to what one does not have.
Trust Yahweh with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will straighten your paths.
Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of his name! Lift up an offering and come before him! Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness!
Those who sow with tears shall reap with rejoicing.He who diligently goes out with weeping, carrying the seed bag, shall certainly come in with rejoicing, carrying his sheaves.
“But woe to you, Pharisees, because you pay a tenth of mint and rue and every garden herb, and neglect justice and love for God! But it was necessary to do these things without neglecting those things also.
“ ‘The best of the firstfruits of your land you will bring to the house of Yahweh your God. “ ‘You will not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
On the first day of the week, each one of you put aside something, saving up to whatever extent he has prospered, in order that whenever I come, at that time collections do not take place.
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
By all means you must give to him, and you must not be discontented at your giving to him, because on account of this very thing, Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,because the one who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give up.
But you, when you practice charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,in order that your charitable giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.
He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
And you shall bring there your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and your donations and your votive gifts and your freewill offerings and the firstling of your herd and your flock.
He gives lavishly to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.
“Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy them but to fulfill them.For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place.Therefore whoever abolishes one of the least of these commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever keeps them and teaches them, this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
“ ‘You will not delay the fullness of your harvest and the juice from your press; you will give me the firstborn of your sons.
Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh, nor the work of his hands, he will destroy them and not rebuild them.
and then at the place that Yahweh your God will choose, to let his name dwell there, there you shall bring all the things I am commanding you, your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, and all of the choice things, your votive gifts that you vow to Yahweh.
The beginning of the firstfruits of your land you will bring to the house of Yahweh your God. You will not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Now if the first fruits are holy, so also is the whole batch of dough, and if the root is holy, so also are the branches.
He who lends to Yahweh is he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.
Now the point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give the proceeds to the poor—and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.”
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors me, and he who orders his way; I will show him the salvation of God.”
This they will give, everyone who is counted, the half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs per shekel. The half shekel is a contribution for Yahweh.
Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, and those attending to the altar have a share with the altar?In the same way also the Lord ordered those who proclaim the gospel to live from the gospel.
For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.that if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!”
Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.The earth has yielded its produce. God, our God, will bless us.God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
And he looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the contribution box,and he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two small copper coins.And he said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all of them.For these all put gifts into the offering out of their abundance, but this woman out of her poverty put in all the means of subsistence that she had.”
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise. Give thanks to him; bless his name.For Yahweh is good; his loyal love is forever, and his faithfulness is from generation to generation.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
Now you also know, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone,
What shall I give back to Yahweh for all his benefits to me?I will lift up the cup of salvation and proclaim the name of Yahweh.I will pay my vows made to Yahweh in the presence of all his people.
Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,being made rich in every way for all generosity, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,And God is able to cause all grace to abound to you, so that in everything at all times, because you have enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.Just as it is written, “He scattered widely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.”
“And then when you come to the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and you settle in it,then you shall take from the firstfruit of all the fruit of the ground that you harvest from your land that Yahweh your God is giving to you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose to make his name to dwell there.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.
Rather I have soothed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like the weaned child is my soul with me.
Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.
if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy the appetite of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness will be like noon.And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land, and he will strengthen your bones, and you shall be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.
And in this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case it is testified that he lives.
But the one who did not know and did things deserving blows will be given a light beating. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him for even more.
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you will be happy and it will be well with you.
Just as each one has received a gift, use it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
And the king will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.’
Because Yahweh God is a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
I was a youth, but I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.All the day he is gracious and lends, and his children are a blessing.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.
Your lifestyle must be free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, “I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you.”So then, we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”
For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and at that time he will reward each one according to what he has done.
And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum.If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. I awaken, and I am still with you.
And Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. (He was the priest of God Most High).And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth.And blessed be God Most High who delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave to him a tenth of everything.
And they came—every man whose heart lifted him and every man whose spirit impelled him—they brought Yahweh’s contribution for the work of the tent of assembly and for all its service and for the holy garments.And they came, the men in addition to the women, all who were willing of heart; they brought brooches and jewelry rings and signet rings and ornaments—every variety of gold object—every man who waved a wave offering of gold for Yahweh,and every man with whom was found blue and purple and crimson yarns and fine linen and goat hair and red-dyed ram skins and fine leather brought it.All who were presenting a contribution of silver and bronze brought Yahweh’s contribution, and all with whom was found acacia wood for all the work of service brought it.And every woman who was skilled of heart with her hands they spun, and they brought yarn—the blue and the purple, the crimson and the fine linen.And all the women whose heart lifted them with skill spun the goat hair.And the leaders brought the onyx stones and stones for mountings for the ephod and for the breast pieceand the balsam oils and the oil for light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.Every man and woman whose heart impelled them to bring for all the work to be done that Yahweh had commanded by the agency of Moses—the Israelites brought freely to Yahweh.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees—hypocrites!—because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important matters of the law—justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these things while not neglecting those.Blind guides who filter out a gnat and swallow a camel!
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
“ ‘And any tithe of the land from the land’s seed or from the fruit of the trees is for Yahweh; it is a holy object for Yahweh.
And blessed be God Most High who delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave to him a tenth of everything.
And this stone that I have set up as a pillar shall be the house of God, and of all that you give to me I will certainly give a tenth to you.”
Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you an overflowing blessing.
Each one should give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
“Behold, I have given to the descendants of Levi every tithe in Israel as an inheritance in return for their service, which they are doing, the work of the tent of assembly.
Will a human dare to rob God? Yet you are robbing me! And you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In the tithes and the contributions!
“At the end of three years you shall bring out all of the tithe of your yield for that year, and you shall store it in your towns.
And the priest, the descendant of Aaron, will be with the Levites during the tithe the Levites receive. The Levites will bring up a tithe of the tithes for the house of our God to the chambers of the storehouse.
And you shall eat before Yahweh your God in the place that he will choose to make to dwell his name there the tithe of your grain, your wine and your olive oil and the firstling of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere Yahweh your God always.