THE POWER OF GIVING

Psalm 92:1 (NKJV) — 1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

Psalm 33:1 (NKJV) — 1 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.

But what does it mean to give thanks? What does a heart of gratitude look like?

Honestly, there is so much goodness to be giving thanks for

The Word THANKS-GIVING shows that thanks and giving go together.

Of course, thanks and giving go together.

But wait, do we really believe this?

Does it show up in our lives? Do we give our thanks, or is it something we feel randomly?

When we look up the word “thanks” in scripture, we find the majority of the time it’s preceded by “give.”

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34 NIV

I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High. Psalm 7:17 NIV

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalm 100:4 NIV

Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Daniel 6:10 NIV

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. Matthew 14:19 NIV

Giving thanks allows our heart, perspective, and attitude to change.

Thanksgiving is not just something you feel in your hear, but it is something you do also

We can give thanks by saying it out loud, by sharing with other people, by giving the things that God has blessed us with to other people and to His work

Thanks giving is an action word

In our thanksgiving, the first thing we must do is to give our lives completely to God

Judges 5:2 (KJV) — 2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

2 Corinthians 8:5 (KJV) — 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

When you give your whole life and everything you have to God then it will be easy to give you time, energy, resources, money to God

All we have does not belong to us, it was given to us by God

We cannot say we are thankful, if we are not a giving people, if we are not a generous people

God is honoured by our gifts (Exodus 35:22)

Generous giving honours God (Ezra 2:68–69)

God will reward us for giving to others (Mark 9:41)

Giving helps others live (Acts 2:44–45)

We should support Christian workers (Acts 28:10)

Wealthy people should give generously (1 Timothy 6:17–19)

God is pleased with our gifts (Hebrews 13:16)

Giving reflects God’s love (1 John 3:17)

2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV) — 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

2 Corinthians 8:7 (NKJV) — 7 But as you abound in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us—see that you abound in this grace also.

FURTHER READING

● A Giving in general

The leech has two daughters, ‘Give, give!’ (Prov. 30:15); give to him who asks you (Matt. 5:42; Luke 6:30); give and it will be given you (Luke 6:38); Jesus said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ (Acts 20:35); God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7); you know how to give good gifts to your children (Matt. 7:11); all these I will give you if you fall down and worship me (Matt. 4:9); you never gave me a kid to make merry with my friends (Luke 15:29); give as God has blessed (Deut. 15:14; Deut. 16:10; Deut. 16:17); a man’s gift makes room for him (Prov. 18:16); everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts (Prov. 19:6).

● B God giving

▼ B1 God giving to the Son

All things have been handed over to me by my Father (Matt. 11:27; Luke 10:22); the Father has given all things into the Son’s hands (John 3:35; John 13:3); all authority in heaven and earth has been given to me (Matt. 28:18); as my Father appointed a kingdom for me, so I appoint for you (Luke 22:29); the Father has granted the Son to have life in himself (John 5:26); the Father gave the Son authority to judge (John 5:27); the works which the Father has given me to accomplish bear witness to me (John 5:36); my Father has given them to me (John 10:29); they know that everything you have given me is from you (John 17:7); your name which you gave me (John 17:12); the glory you have given me I have given them (John 17:22); the glory which you have given me (John 17:24); shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me? (John 18:11); the revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him (Rev. 1:1); all that the Father gives to me will come to me (John 6:37); you have him authority to grant eternal life to all you have given him (John 17:2); the people you gave me out of the world (John 17:6); I am praying for those you have given me (John 17:9); you have given them to me (John 17:24); this is his will, that I lose nothing of what he has given me (John 6:39); of those you gave me I did not lose one (John 18:9); yours they were and you gave them to me (John 17:6).

▼ B2 God giving freely

God gives generously to all (Jas. 1:5); your Father in heaven gives good gifts (Matt. 7:11); every good and perfect gift is from the Father (Jas. 1:17); may he give to you according to your heart’s desire (Ps. 20:4); you have given him his heart’s desire (Ps. 21:2); he will give you the desires of your heart (Ps. 37:4); I have given every fruit-bearing tree for food (Gen. 1:29); I have given plants as food for all creatures (Gen. 1:30); all God had given to David (2 Sam. 12:8); the Lord has much more to give you (2 Chr. 25:9); he gives to all life and breath and all things (Acts 17:25); he gives to the poor (2 Cor. 9:9); he who did not spare his own Son will with him freely give us all things (Rom. 8:32); ask and it will be given you (Matt. 7:7; Luke 11:9); not as the world gives do I give to you (John 14:27); you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! (Acts 8:20); grace was given to each according to the measure of Christ’s gift (Eph. 4:7); the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away (Job 1:21); he gave them what they asked but sent a disease (Ps. 106:15).

Children a gift of God, see 170A3b

▼ B3 What God gives

♦ B3a What God gives in general

What will you give me? (Gen. 15:2); the gifts of God are irrevocable (Rom. 11:29); peace I leave with you, my peace I give you (John 14:27); you give him authority to grant eternal life to all you have given him (John 17:2); the glory you have given me I have given them (John 17:22); you would have no authority unless you were given it from above (John 19:11); the Most High gives dominion to whom he will (Dan. 4:17); you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you (Acts 1:8).

♦ B3b God giving his Son

If you knew the gift of God (John 4:10); God so loved the world that he gave his only son (John 3:16); he gave himself for us (Titus 2:14); I will give him the morning star (Rev. 2:28); thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift (2 Cor. 9:15).

♦ B3c God giving his Spirit

God gives his Spirit without measure (John 3:34); the water I give will be in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:14); God gave the Gentiles the Holy Spirit just as he did to us (Acts 15:8); God gave the same gift to them as to us (Acts 11:17); the Holy Spirit given to us (Rom. 5:5); we have received the Spirit of God that we might understand what God has given us (1 Cor. 2:12); he who gives the Spirit to you (Gal. 3:5); how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13); you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38); God who gives his Holy Spirit (1 Thess. 4:8); God gave us the Spirit as a pledge (2 Cor. 1:22; 2 Cor. 5:5); God gives the Holy Spirit to those who obey him (Acts 5:32).

♦ B3d God giving new life

The gift of God is eternal life (Rom. 6:23); being saved is the gift of God (Eph. 2:8); the free gift is not like the transgression (Rom. 5:15); the free gift is not like that one man’s sin (Rom. 5:16); the gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:15); God grants repentance and forgiveness of sins (Acts 5:31); to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance (Acts 11:18); they are justified by his grace as a gift (Rom. 3:24); those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness (Rom. 5:17); the grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved (Eph. 1:6); the riches of his grace which he lavished on us (Eph. 1:7–8).

♦ B3e Spiritual gifts

When he ascended he gave gifts to men (Eph. 4:8); concerning spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:1–31); we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us (Rom. 12:6); every one has his own gift from God (1 Cor. 7:7); there are various gifts but the same Spirit (1 Cor. 12:4); to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:8); to another is given the word of knowledge by the same Spirit (1 Cor. 12:8); to another is given faith by the same Spirit (1 Cor. 12:9); to another is given gifts of healing by the one Spirit (1 Cor. 12:9); miracles, prophecy, distinguishing of spirits (1 Cor. 12:10); various kinds of languages and the interpretation of languages (1 Cor. 12:10); do not neglect the spiritual gift within you (1 Tim. 4:14); rekindle the gift of God (2 Tim. 1:6); whoever has a gift should use it in serving (1 Pet. 4:10); gifts of the Holy Spirit (Heb. 2:4); that God may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation (Eph. 1:17); what to say will be given you (Matt. 10:19); I will give you words of wisdom (Luke 21:15); say whatever is given you in that hour (Mark 13:11); to you it is given to know the secrets of the kingdom (Matt. 13:11; Luke 8:10); to you has been given the secret of the kingdom (Mark 4:11); you are not lacking in any gift (1 Cor. 1:7); I long to impart some spiritual gift to you (Rom. 1:11); the Lord granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands (Acts 14:3); Paul and Apollos are servants, as the Lord assigned to each (1 Cor. 3:5).

♦ B3f God will give the land

To your offspring I will give this land (Gen. 12:7; Gen. 13:15; Gen. 15:18); my covenant to give them the land (Exod. 6:4); I will give it to you (Gen. 13:17; Gen. 17:8); I will give you the land to possess (Lev. 20:24); I brought you out of Ur to give you this land (Gen. 15:7); to your seed I will give this land (Gen. 24:7; Gen. 28:13); I will given you the land of Israel (Ezek. 11:17); I will give your offspring all these lands (Gen. 26:4); I will give your descendants this land as an everlasting possession (Gen. 48:4); God is giving us the hill country of the Amorites (Deut. 1:20); God gives you the land of the nations (Deut. 4:38); I will give the land to you for a possession (Exod. 6:8); the land the Lord will give them across the Jordan (Deut. 3:20); every place the sole of your foot treads on I have given you (Josh. 1:3); I know the Lord has given you the land (Josh. 2:9); I would give you a pleasant land (Jer. 3:19); when the Lord gives us the land (Josh. 2:14); if the Lord is pleased with us he will give us this land (Num. 14:8); when the Lord gives you the land (Exod. 13:11); the land which the Lord is giving you (Exod. 12:25; Exod. 20:12; Deut. 1:25; Deut. 4:21; Deut. 4:40; Deut. 5:16; Deut. 5:31; Deut. 6:23; Deut. 11:17; Deut. 11:31; Deut. 12:1; Deut. 12:10; Deut. 15:4; Deut. 16:20; Deut. 17:14; Deut. 19:10; Deut. 19:14; Deut. 21:23; Deut. 26:1; Deut. 27:2; Deut. 27:3; Deut. 28:8; Deut. 32:49; Deut. 32:52; Josh. 1:2; Josh. 1:11); the place the Lord is giving us (Num. 10:29); I am giving you the land of Canaan (Lev. 14:34; Lev. 25:38); the land which I am giving you (Lev. 23:10; Lev. 25:2); the resting place which God is giving you (Deut. 12:9); it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord is giving you this land (Deut. 9:6).

♦ B3g God gave the land

God gave the land to Abraham (Gen. 28:4); the land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I give to you and your descendants (Gen. 35:12); the land you gave to our fathers (Neh. 9:36); the land the Lord gave to you and your fathers for ever (Jer. 25:5); the land I gave to them and their fathers (Jer. 24:10); the Lord gave Israel the land (Deut. 2:12); the Lord your God has given you this land (Deut. 3:18); the land I gave to your fathers for ever (Jer. 7:7); the Lord gave their land as a heritage to Israel (Ps. 135:12; Ps. 136:21–2); I gave you their land (Judg. 6:9); the land I swore to give to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exod. 33:1; Deut. 6:10; Deut. 10:11); the land God swore to your fathers to give (Deut. 11:9; Deut. 11:21; Deut. 26:3; Deut. 28:11; Deut. 31:7; Deut. 34:4; Josh. 1:6); you gave them this land as you swore to their forefathers (Jer. 32:22); the land you swore to give them (Neh. 9:15); the Lord gave Israel all the land he swore to give (Josh. 21:43); he gave them their land as an inheritance (Acts 13:19); a covenant to give Abraham’s descendants the land (Neh. 9:8); God promised to give the land to him and to his posterity (Acts 7:5); you will live in the land I gave to your fathers (Ezek. 36:28); the land I have given them (Amos 9:15); I will bring them back to the land I gave to their forefathers (Jer. 30:3); he will destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others (Luke 20:16).

♦ B3h Other gifts of God

I lavished on her the silver and gold they used for Baal (Hos. 2:8); he gave him the covenant of circumcision (Acts 7:8); the Lord has given you the sabbath (Exod. 16:29); I have given you the blood on the altar to make atonement (Lev. 17:11); they were entrusted with the oracles of God (Rom. 3:2); God gave them a spirit of stupefaction (Rom. 11:8); the stewardship of God’s grace given to me for you (Eph. 3:2); I was made a servant according to God’s gift (Eph. 3:7); the Lord gives wisdom (Prov. 2:6); the woman you gave to be with me (Gen. 3:12); all beasts, birds and fish are given to man (Gen. 9:2); eating and drinking are God’s gift to man (Eccles. 3:13); God gives man to eat from his riches and enjoy his toil (Eccles. 5:19); children are a gift of the Lord (Ps. 127:3); I will give you a son by her (Gen. 17:16); God has endowed me with a good endowment (Gen. 30:20); God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me (Gen. 31:9); the children God has graciously given me (Gen. 33:5); this is the bread the Lord has given you (Exod. 16:15); as my Father appointed a kingdom for me, so I appoint for you (Luke 22:29); I give the earth to the one who is upright in my eyes (Jer. 27:5); he has given his people the heritage of the nations (Ps. 111:6); I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession (Deut. 2:5); I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession (Deut. 2:9; Deut. 2:19); I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 27:6).

▼ B4 Those to whom God gives

Only those to whom it is given can accept this (Matt. 19:11); a man can only receive what has been given him from heaven (John 3:27); to him who has will more be given (Matt. 13:12; Matt. 25:29; Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18; Luke 19:26); more will be given to you (Mark 4:24); from him who is given much will much be required (Luke 12:48); to you it is given to know the secrets, but to them it has not been given (Matt. 13:11); why is this given to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke 1:43); no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father (John 6:65).

● C People giving

▼ C1 Giving to God

♦ C1a Giving to God in general

Who has given to God that God should repay him? (Rom. 11:35); if you are righteous, what do you give to God? (Job 35:7); what shall I render to the Lord? (Ps. 116:12); give to God what is God’s (Matt. 22:21; Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25); everything comes from you and from your hand we have given to you (1 Chr. 29:14; 1 Chr. 29:16); let all bring gifts to him who is to be feared (Ps. 76:11); every devoted thing belongs to the priests (Ezek. 44:29); that of mine by which you might have been helped is a gift [to God] (Matt. 15:5); kings will bring you gifts (Ps. 68:29); gifts will be brought to the Lord by a tall people (Isa. 18:7); they brought gifts of gold, incense and myrrh (Matt. 2:11); when you ascended you received gifts from men (Ps. 68:18); commit your works to the Lord (Prov. 16:3).

♦ C1b Giving for the sanctuary

The Israelites were to make a contribution of materials (Exod. 25:2; Exod. 35:5); everyone whose heart moved him brought a contribution (Exod. 35:21); a freewill offering (Exod. 35:29); the tribal leaders made an offering (Num. 7:2); David and the leaders gave materials for the temple (1 Chr. 29:3–9); leaders made their freewill offerings (1 Chr. 29:6); Asa dedicated gifts to God (2 Chr. 15:18); the heads of families gave offerings for the temple (Ezra 2:68); the priests and people gave willingly for the house of God (Ezra 7:16); the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts (Luke 21:5); give the Levites to Aaron and his sons (Num. 3:9); I have given the Levites to Aaron and his sons (Num. 8:19; Num. 18:6); the ransom given to Aaron and his sons (Num. 3:48; Num. 3:51); the crowd put money in the treasury (Mark 12:41); he saw the rich put money in the treasury (Luke 21:1); some gave of their wealth, but the widow put in all she had (Mark 12:44; Luke 21:4).

♦ C1c Giving sacrifices

Hezekiah gave 1000 bulls and 7000 sheep (2 Chr. 30:24); the princes gave 1000 bulls and 10,000 sheep (2 Chr. 30:24); Josiah gave 30,000 from the flock and 3000 bulls (2 Chr. 35:7); the officers gave 2600 from the flock and 300 bulls (2 Chr. 35:8); officers of the Levites gave 5000 from the flock and 500 bulls (2 Chr. 35:9); everything needed for sacrifices is to be given to them (Ezra 6:9–10); the prince will provide the offerings (Ezek. 45:17); of all gifts to the priest an offering is due to the Lord (Num. 18:29).

♦ C1d Giving the firstborn to God

Give the firstborn of your sons to me (Exod. 22:29); Samuel was given to the Lord (1 Sam. 1:11); shall I give my firstborn for my transgression? (Mic. 6:7).

♦ C1e Giving oneself to God

The people offered themselves willingly (Judg. 5:2); they gave themselves first to the Lord, then to us (2 Cor. 8:5); into your hand I commit my spirit (Ps. 31:5); this is my body which is given for you (Luke 22:19); do not present your limbs to sin as instruments of wickedness (Rom. 6:13); present your limbs to God as instruments of righteousness (Rom. 6:13); present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead (Rom. 6:13).

▼ C2 Giving to other people

♦ C2a Giving to others in general

Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s (Matt. 22:21; Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25); Saul wondered what to give to Samuel (1 Sam. 9:7); Abraham gave Isaac all he had (Gen. 24:36; Gen. 25:5); all that was Saul’s I have given to Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 9:9); Araunah [Ornan] gives everything to the king (2 Sam. 24:23; 1 Chr. 21:23); anything a maiden desired was given her (Esther 2:13); the king granted all Ezra’s requests (Ezra 7:6); he will rise and give him what he needs (Luke 11:8); Herod promised to give her whatever she asked (Matt. 14:7); may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts (Ps. 72:10); the Moabites brought tribute to David (2 Sam. 8:2); the Arameans brought tribute to David (2 Sam. 8:6); send lambs as tribute to the ruler (Isa. 16:1); those on earth will send gifts to one another (Rev. 11:10); the priests had a regular allowance from Pharaoh (Gen. 47:22).

♦ C2b Gifts given to people

Wait here till I bring you a present (Judg. 6:18); if the prince makes a gift out of his inheritance to a servant (Ezek. 46:17); if the prince makes a gift out of his inheritance to his son (Ezek. 46:16); if you show the dream you will receive gifts, a reward and great honour (Dan. 2:6); the king promoted Daniel and gave him many gifts (Dan. 2:48); take my gift (Gen. 33:11); Jonathan gave David his clothes and armour (1 Sam. 18:4); Jehoshaphat gave his sons gifts (2 Chr. 21:3); it is a present for my lord Esau (Gen. 32:18); perhaps I can appease him with my present (Gen. 32:20); the present went over before him (Gen. 32:21); take my present from my hand (Gen. 33:10); Jacob chose a gift for Esau (Gen. 32:13); and for the ruler of Egypt (Gen. 43:11); the brothers gave their gifts (Gen. 43:25–6); Abigail brought a present for David and his men (1 Sam. 25:27); David gave a present to the elders of Judah (1 Sam. 30:26); David sent a present for Uriah (2 Sam. 11:8); the king gave gifts (Esther 2:18); gifts were brought to Solomon (1 Kgs. 10:25; 2 Chr. 9:24); Hazael took a gift of forty camel-loads to Elisha (2 Kgs. 8:9); Ahaz sent a gift to the king of Assyria (2 Kgs. 16:8); Berodach-baladan sent gifts to Hezekiah (2 Kgs. 20:12); many brought gifts to Hezekiah (2 Chr. 32:23); they gave us many gifts (Acts 28:10); the gift you promised beforehand (2 Cor. 9:5); I seek the fruit, not the gift (Phil. 4:17); the servant gave presents to Rebekah and her brother and mother (Gen. 24:53); he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines (Gen. 25:6).

♦ C2c Giving people / bodies

Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham as wife (Gen. 16:3); Laban gave Zilpah to Leah as maid (Gen. 29:24; Gen. 46:18); Laban gave Bilhah to Rachel as maid (Gen. 29:29; Gen. 46:25); Jesus gave the man back to his mother (Luke 7:15); Jesus gave him back to his father (Luke 9:42); Pilate granted the body to Joseph (Mark 15:45); John’s head was given to the girl and she brought it to her mother (Matt. 14:11; Mark 6:28).

♦ C2d Giving food and drink

The woman gave fruit to her husband and he ate (Gen. 3:6); the woman gave me fruit and I ate (Gen. 3:12); you give them something to eat (Matt. 14:16); he gave the loaves to the disciples and the disciples gave them to the crowd (Matt. 14:19; Matt. 15:36; Luke 9:16); Jesus dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas (John 13:26); give us water to drink! (Exod. 17:2).

♦ C2e Giving to the poor

If I give away all I have and have not love (1 Cor. 13:3); the righteous is gracious and gives (Ps. 37:21); he who gives to the poor will not want (Prov. 28:27); your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God (Acts 10:4); your alms have been remembered before God (Acts 10:31); give what is within for alms and all is clean (Luke 11:41); they thought Jesus was telling Judas to give something to the poor (John 13:29); if you do not give them what they need, what use is it? (Jas. 2:16); when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet (Matt. 6:2–4); he who gives should do so with all his heart (Rom. 12:8); sell your possessions and give to the poor (Matt. 19:21; Mark 10:21; Luke 12:33; Luke 18:22); freely you have received, freely give (Matt. 10:8); contribute to the needs of the saints (Rom. 12:13); let the former thief work so that he can give (Eph. 4:28); when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing (Matt. 6:3); so that your alms may be in secret (Matt. 6:4); what I have I give you (Acts 3:6); I give half my possessions to the poor (Luke 19:8); Cornelius gave alms (Acts 10:2); Macedonia and Achaia made a contribution to the poor saints (Rom. 15:26); Macedonia gave beyond their means (2 Cor. 8:3); begging us for the favour of taking part in the relief of the saints (2 Cor. 8:4); those returning to Jerusalem were supported with gifts (Ezra 1:4; Ezra 1:6); no church except you shared with me in giving and receiving (Phil. 4:15); I came to give alms to my nation (Acts 24:17); the perfume could have been sold and the money given to the poor (Matt. 26:9; Mark 14:5); why was this perfume not sold and given to the poor? (John 12:5).

♦ C2f Putting into the hands

I put the cup into Pharaoh’s palm (Gen. 40:11); Moses put these things on the hands of Aaron and his sons (Lev. 8:27).

♦ C2g People giving other things

Take the talent away from him and give it to the one with ten talents (Matt. 25:28); he will destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others (Mark 12:9); I give it to whomever I will (Luke 4:6); to you I will give all this authority and their glory (Luke 4:6); Jacob gave a field to his son Joseph (John 4:5); our father Jacob gave us this well (John 4:12); Ananias brought a part of the proceeds and laid it at the apostles’ feet (Acts 5:2); Pharaoh gave to Abraham (Gen. 12:16); Abimelech gave livestock and slaves to Abraham (Gen. 20:14); Abraham gave livestock to Abimelech (Gen. 21:27); Achish gave Ziklag to David (1 Sam. 27:6); the Queen of Sheba gave Solomon gold and spices (1 Kgs. 10:10; 2 Chr. 9:9); Solomon gave the Queen of Sheba all she desired (1 Kgs. 10:13; 2 Chr. 9:12); Solomon gave Hiram 20 cities in Galilee (1 Kgs. 9:11); I have given 1000 pieces of silver to your brother (Gen. 20:16); I give you the field and the cave (Gen. 23:11); they gave their earrings to Aaron (Exod. 32:3).

● D Not giving

If they do not give her to you (Gen. 24:41); you have given me no child (Gen. 15:3); Onan would not give offspring to his brother (Gen. 38:9); some would not give Saul a present (1 Sam. 10:27); Elisha would not accept a gift from Naaman (2 Kgs. 5:16).1