GIVING

(See also Charity; Contributions; Generosity; Gifts; Philanthropy)

benefits: w18.01 18, 21; wp17.2 13-15; g 11/13 8-9

happiness: w24.09 26-31; g 12/15 2

health benefits: g90 6/8 19

Bible examples: w18.01 18-20; w09 11/15 18-19; w92 1/15 15-16; g87 11/22 4

Abigail: w95 12/15 5

David: w03 11/1 27-29

early Christians: scl 14; w03 11/1 26-27

Jehovah: w24.09 27-29; scl 13; w18.01 17; w18.08 18; it-1 503; w93 12/1 28-29; w92 1/15 9-14

Jesus Christ: w92 1/15 12-13, 16-17

Lydia: lr 95

Philippians: w11 11/15 22-23

widow of Zarephath: w96 11/1 28, 30

Bible view: ijwbq article 155; scl 13-14; w12 12/1 5; w09 8/1 30; w03 6/1 4-7; w96 11/1 28-30; w92 1/15 9-19; w90 12/1 22; g87 11/22 7

charities: w03 6/1 4, 6-7; g93 6/8 26-27

“cheerful” giving (2Co 9:7): kr 196; w13 9/1 13; g 5/08 21; w92 1/15 14-19

giving spiritually: w03 6/1 7; w01 7/1 12-17

giving to Jehovah: w22.04 10-14; mwb20.11 4; od 186; w18.01 17-21; w18.11 32; w08 10/15 27; km 3/08 1; km 4/04 1; w02 5/1 11-12

happiness of giving: w24.09 26-31; cl 300; g21.1 7; wp18.1 14-15; wp17.2 13-14; g16.1 6; w12 6/1 8; w11 7/1 7-8; g 11/08 6-7; g 4/06 6; w05 8/1 6; w03 7/15 6-7; lr 92-96; w00 9/15 23-24; w00 11/15 10; w95 12/15 4-7; w92 1/15 12-14; g87 11/22 3-5

not a means of atoning for sin: w90 12/1 25

not ‘blowing a trumpet’ (Mt 6:2): w09 2/15 14; w90 10/1 16

“practice giving” (Lu 6:38): mwb22.11 3; mwb18.07 2; w12 12/1 5; w09 2/15 13; w86 12/1 28-29

“received free, give free” (Mt 10:8): w03 8/1 20-22

Christian giving: scl 13-14; w11 11/15 22-23; km 5/06 1; w02 12/1 4-7; w92 1/15 13-14

Christian spirit: w09 7/15 29-30; w03 11/1 26-30; w99 6/15 12-13; w95 12/15 4-7

Christmas: w12 12/1 5; g87 11/22 5-7

contagious: wp17.2 14-15

customs: w95 12/15 3-4

examples:

animals performing useful services for one another: g88 4/22 16-18

life story “How I Found Happiness in Giving”: w16.08 3-7

poor people: w97 9/15 5-6

Witness helps stranded people: g 11/13 8

factors prompting: w18.01 18; w03 12/1 19; w96 11/1 28-30; w92 1/15 16-17

generosity in: w18.08 18-22; it-1 918-919; g18.1 5; w88 7/1 9-12

improper giving: ijwbq article 155; scl 13

knowing how to give and receive: w09 7/15 29-31; g88 11/22 13-14

motive: ijwbq article 155; w93 12/1 29

opportunities to give: g87 11/22 5

pressure from relatives and friends: w14 4/15 25

requires no season: g87 11/22 7

to charity: w86 10/1 22-23

to children whatever children want: g 6/07 4-5

to schoolteachers in hopes of good grades: w03 6/15 32

to well-being of one’s congregation: w09 7/15 30-31

when one’s giving seems unappreciated: w24.09 29-31

whether a sacrifice: w87 12/1 28-31