Proverbs 19:17
Whoever is lending [to] YHWH is favoring the poor, || And He repays his deed to him.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
16Whoever is keeping the command is keeping his soul, || Whoever is despising His ways dies.
18Discipline your son, for there is hope, || And do not lift up your soul to put him to death.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:11because the poor does not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding you, saying, You certainly open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to your needy one in your land.
Psalms 41:2YHWH preserves him and revives him, || He is blessed in the land, || And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.
Proverbs 12:14One [is] satisfied [with] good from the fruit of the mouth, || And the deed of man’s hands returns to him.
Proverbs 14:31An oppressor of the poor reproaches his Maker, || And whoever is honoring Him || Is favoring the needy.
Proverbs 28:27Whoever is giving to the poor has no lack, || And whoever is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, || And bring home the wandering poor, || That you see the naked and cover him, || And do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:17
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. Here is, 1. The happiness of those that walk circumspectly. Those that make conscience of keeping the commandment in every thing, that live by rule, as becomes servants and patients, keep their own souls; they secure their present peace and future bliss, and provide every way well for themselves. If we keep God's word, God's word will keep us from every thing really hurtful. 2. The misery of those that live at large… Read the whole commentary →