Following are some scriptures that talk about how God is a giver (one who gives):

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3. Practice memorizing one or more of these verses each day or week.
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Genesis 24:35-36 -- "And the LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys. "Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age; and he has given him all that he has." (NAS)

Genesis 30:6 -- "Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore she named him Dan." (NAS)

Genesis 30:18 -- "Then Leah said, "God has given me my wages, because I gave my maid to my husband." So she named him Issachar." (NAS)

Genesis 48:9 -- "And Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." So he said, "Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them." (NAS)

Exodus 16:15 -- "When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat." (NAS)

Exodus 16:29 -- "See, the LORD has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." (NAS)

Deuteronomy 1:20 -- "And I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites which the LORD our God is about to give us." (NAS)

Deuteronomy 1:25 -- "Then they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought us back a report and said, 'It is a good land which the LORD our God is about to give us.' (NAS)

Deuteronomy 3:18 -- "Then I commanded you at that time, saying, 'The LORD your God has given you this land to possess it; all you valiant men shall cross over armed before your brothers, the sons of Israel. (NAS)

Deuteronomy 4:40 -- "So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am giving you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time." (NAS)

Deuteronomy 9:3-6 -- "Know therefore today that it is the LORD your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the LORD has spoken to you. "Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them out before you, 'Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you. "It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. "Know, then, it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people." (NAS)

Deuteronomy 8:10 -- "When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you." (NAS)

Deuteronomy 16:17 --""Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you." (NAS)

Joshua 2:24 -- "And they said to Joshua, "Surely the LORD has given all the land into our hands, and all the inhabitants of the land, moreover, have melted away before us." (NAS)

Joshua 22:4 -- "And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as He spoke to them; therefore turn now and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan." (NAS)

1 Samuel 1:27 -- "For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of Him." (NAS)

1 Samuel 15:26-28 -- "But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel." And as Samuel turned to go, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you." (NAS)

I Kings 5:4 -- "But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune." (NAS)

I Kings 5:7 -- "And it came about when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said, "Blessed be the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people." (NAS)

I Kings 8:56 -- "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant." (NAS)

Psalm 66:19 -- "But certainly God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer." (NAS)

Psalm 84:11-12 -- "For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in Thee!" (NAS)

Psalm 111:5 -- "He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever." (NAS)

Psalm 112:9 -- "He has given freely to the poor; His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted in honor." (NAS)

Psalm 115:16 -- "The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth He has given to the sons of men." (NAS)

Psalm 118:27 -- "The LORD is God, and He has given us light; bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar." (NAS)

Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 -- "I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end." (NAS)

Jeremiah 25:5 -- "saying, 'Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever;" (NAS)

Joel 2:23-24 -- "So rejoice, O sons of Zion, and be glad in the LORD your God; for He has given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, the early and latter rain as before. And the threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil." (NAS)

Luke 1:49-55 -- "For the Mighty One has done great things for me; and holy is His name. And His mercy is upon generation after generation toward those who fear Him. "He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart. "He has brought down rulers from their thrones, and has exalted those who were humble. "He has filled the hungry with good things; and sent away the rich empty-handed. "He has given help to Israel His servant, in remembrance of His mercy, As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever." (NAS)

John 3:35-36 -- "The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand." He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." (NAS)

John 5:22-24 -- "For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, in order that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life." (NAS)

John 6:32-35 -- "Jesus therefore said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." They said therefore to Him, "Lord, evermore give us this bread." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." (NAS)

John 18:11 -- "Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?" (NAS)

Acts 2:38-39 -- "And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. "For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself." (NAS)

Acts 5:32 -- "And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." (NAS)

Ephesians 3:20-21 -- "Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." (NAS)

Hebrews 2:11-13 -- "For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, "I will proclaim Thy name to My brethren, in the midst of the congregation I will sing Thy praise." And again, "I will put My trust in Him." And again, "Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me." (NAS)

1 John 3:24 -- "And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us." (NAS)

1 John 4:13 -- "By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit." (NAS)

1 John 5:11 -- "And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." (NAS)

1 John 5:20 -- "And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life." (NAS)

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