Proverbs 11:24
There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
25The generous soul shall be made prosperous, and he who waters shall also be watered himself.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shall surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou give to him, because for this thing LORD thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou put thy hand to.
Psalms 112:9He has scattered, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn shall be exalted with honor.
Proverbs 19:17He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.
Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little. Ye eat, but ye have not enough. Ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink. Ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm. And he who earns wages earns wages [to put] into a bag with holes.
Haggai 2:16Through all that time, when a man came to a heap of twenty [measures], there were but ten. When he came to the wine vat to draw out fifty [vessels], there were but twenty.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:24
23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. This tells us what the desire and expectation of the righteous and of the wicked are and how they will prove, what they would have and what they shall have. 1. The righteous would have good, only good; all they desire is that it may go well with all about them; they wish no hurt to any, but happiness to all; as to themselves, their desire is not to gratify any evil lust, but to obtain the favour of a good God and to preserve… Read the whole commentary →