Proverbs 11:25
A beneficent soul will be abundantly gratified; and he that refresheth [others] will be also refreshed himself.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
In Context
Cross References
Job 31:16If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall [in vain hopes];
Isaiah 32:8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and he ever persisteth by liberal things.
Isaiah 58:8Then shall break forth as the morning-dawn thy light, and thy healing shall speedily spring forth; and before thee shall go thy righteousness, the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
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 →