Proverbs 11:24
Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:10But thou shalt give to him: neither shalt thou do any thing craftily in relieving his necessities: that the Lord thy God may bless thee at all times, and in all things to which thou shalt put thy hand.
Psalms 112:9He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
Haggai 1:6You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes.
Haggai 2:16And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord.
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 →