Proverbs 22:9
He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
In Context
8He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Proverbs 11:17The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Proverbs 11:27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
Proverbs 19:17He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.
Proverbs 28:24He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:9
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. Note, 1. Ill-gotten gains will not prosper: He that sows iniquity, that does an unjust thing in hopes to get by it, shall reap vanity; what he gets will never do him any good nor give him any satisfaction. He will meet nothing but disappointment. Those that create trouble to others do but prepare trouble for themselves. Men shall reap as they sow. 2. Abused power will not last. If the rod of authority turn into a rod of anger, if men… Read the whole commentary →