Luke 16:9 Cross References

Luke 16:9

9: I tell you, use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. In this way, your generosity stores up a reward for you in heaven.

Matthew 19:21

  1. Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Matthew 6:24

  1. "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 16:11

  1. And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?

Luke 12:33

  1. "Sell what you have and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven have no holes in them. Your treasure will be safe--no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.

Proverbs 19:17

  1. If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD--and he will repay you!

1 Timothy 6:17

  1. Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone. But their trust should be in the living God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.
  2. Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and should give generously to those in need, always being ready to share with others whatever God has given them.
  3. By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may take hold of real life.

Daniel 4:27

  1. " `O King Nebuchadnezzar, please listen to me. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past by being merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.'

Luke 16:13

  1. "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."

Isaiah 58:7

  1. I want you to share your food with the hungry and to welcome poor wanderers into your homes. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
  2. "If you do these things, your salvation will come like the dawn. Yes, your healing will come quickly. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.

Luke 14:14

  1. Then at the resurrection of the godly, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you."

Luke 11:41

  1. So give to the needy what you greedily possess, and you will be clean all over.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

  1. Your limbs will tremble with age, and your strong legs will grow weak. Your teeth will be too few to do their work, and you will be blind, too.
  2. And when your teeth are gone, keep your lips tightly closed when you eat! Even the chirping of birds will wake you up. But you yourself will be deaf and tuneless, with a quavering voice.
  3. You will be afraid of heights and of falling, white-haired and withered, dragging along without any sexual desire. You will be standing at death's door. And as you near your everlasting home, the mourners will walk along the streets.
  4. Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don't wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
  5. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

1 Timothy 6:9

  1. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
  2. For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Acts 10:31

  1. He told me, 'Cornelius, your prayers have been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been noticed by God!

2 Timothy 1:16

  1. May the Lord show special kindness to Onesiphorus and all his family because he often visited and encouraged me. He was never ashamed of me because I was in prison.
  2. When he came to Rome, he searched everywhere until he found me.
  3. May the Lord show him special kindness on the day of Christ's return. And you know how much he helped me at Ephesus.

Matthew 6:19

  1. "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal.

Proverbs 23:5

  1. For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird!

Matthew 25:35

  1. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.
  2. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'
  3. "Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?
  4. Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?
  5. When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?'

2 Corinthians 9:12

  1. So two good things will happen--the needs of the Christians in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanksgiving to God.
  2. You will be glorifying God through your generous gifts. For your generosity to them will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ.
  3. And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the wonderful grace of God shown through you.
  4. Thank God for his Son--a gift too wonderful for words!

Acts 10:4

  1. Cornelius stared at him in terror. "What is it, sir?" he asked the angel. And the angel replied, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have not gone unnoticed by God!

2 Corinthians 4:17

  1. For our present troubles are quite small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever!
  2. So we don't look at the troubles we can see right now; rather, we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever.
  3. For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down--when we die and leave these bodies--we will have a home in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

Isaiah 57:16

  1. For I will not fight against you forever; I will not always show my anger. If I did, all people would pass away--all the souls I have made.

Psalms 73:26

  1. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.

Jude 1:21

  1. Live in such a way that God's love can bless you as you wait for the eternal life that our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy is going to give you.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

  1. Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later.
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