Proverbs 11:25
If you're generous, you'll become rich; give someone a drink of water, and you'll be given one in return.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
In Context
24If you give generously you receive more, but if you keep back what you should give, you end up poor.
26People curse those who hoard grain; but they bless those who sell.
Cross References
Job 31:16Have I refused to give the poor what they needed, or caused widows to despair?
Isaiah 32:8But noble people act unselfishly; they keep to their principles of generosity.
Isaiah 58:8Then your light will shine out like the dawn, and you will be healed quickly; your salvation will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will go behind you.
Matthew 5:7Blessed are those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
2 Corinthians 9:6I want to remind you of this: If you only sow a little, you'll only reap a little; if you sow plenty, you'll reap plenty.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:25
The Praise of Liberality. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. Note, 1. It is possible a man may grow rich by prudently spending what he has, may scatter in works of piety, charity, and generosity, and yet may increase; nay, by that means may increase, as the corn is increased by being sown. By cheerfully using what we have our spirits are exhilarated, and so fitted for the business we have to do, by minding which closely what… Read the whole commentary →