Our Favorite Proverbs: Proverbs 19:17
by David Chadwick
"Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed." Proverbs 19:17
Generosity is a mark of a follower of Christ. It shows a surrendered life and a yielded heart. A generous life is the fruit of someone who fully knows how much he or she has been given by Jesus and, in turn, greatly desires to give his or her life away.
Proverbs 19:17 says, "Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord; and he will repay him for his deed."
I love this proverb! God wants his people to be generous to the poor. To "lend" to them like a bank lends to us…
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