Numbers 18:28
18:28 Thus you are to offer up a raised offering to the
Lord of all your tithes which you receive from the Israelites; and you must give the
Lord’s raised offering from it to Aaron the priest.
Genesis 43:11
43:11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man – a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
Deuteronomy 6:5
6:5 You must love
the
Lord your God with your whole mind,
your whole being,
and all your strength.
Proverbs 3:9-10
3:9 Honor the Lord from your wealth
and from the first fruits of all your crops;
3:10 then your barns will be filled completely,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Malachi 1:8
1:8 For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick,
is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them
to your governor! Will he be pleased with you
or show you favor?” asks the
Lord who rules over all.
Matthew 6:33
6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom
and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 10:37-39
10:37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
10:38 And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
10:39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
Philippians 3:8-9
3:8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung!
– that I may gain Christ,
3:9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness
– a righteousness from God that is in fact
based on Christ’s
faithfulness.