Proverbs 22:9
If you're generous, you'll be blessed, for you share your food with those in need.
Free Bible 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
10Get rid of the scornful, and you'll get rid of conflict too—no more arguments or insults!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:56The kindest and most sensitive woman among you, so kind and sensitive she wouldn't ever go barefoot on the ground, will refuse to share her food, a baby and its afterbirth, with the husband she loves and her own son and daughter.
Psalms 41:1How happy are those who take care of the poor! When they are in trouble the Lord will save them.
Proverbs 11:17If you're kind, you'll be rewarded; but if you're cruel, you'll hurt yourself.
Proverbs 11:27If you look to do good, you'll be appreciated; but if you look for evil, you'll find it!
Proverbs 19:17If you're kind to the poor, you're lending to the Lord, and he will repay you well for what you've done.
Proverbs 28:24A man who robs his father and mother, and says, “It's not a crime,” is one step away from becoming a murderer.
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 →