Proverbs 22:9
The good of eye—he is blessed, || For he has given of his bread to the poor.
Literal Standard 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
8Whoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, || And the rod of his anger wears out.
10Cast out a scorner—and contention goes out, || And strife and shame cease.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:56The tender woman in you, and the delicate, who has not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness—her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,
Psalms 41:1TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him || Who is acting wisely to the poor, || In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.
Proverbs 11:17A kind man is rewarding his own soul, || And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
Proverbs 11:27Whoever is earnestly seeking good || Seeks a pleasing thing, || And whoever is seeking evil—it meets him.
Proverbs 19:17Whoever is lending [to] YHWH is favoring the poor, || And He repays his deed to him.
Proverbs 28:24Whoever is robbing his father or his mother, || And is saying, “It is not transgression,” || He is a companion to a destroyer.
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 →