Proverbs 11:24

There is that which scattereth, and yet increaseth more; 1 and there is that which withholdeth more than is yosher, but it leadeth to machsor (want, need, poverty). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

In Context

23The ta'avat tzaddikim is only tov, 1 but the tikveh of the resha'im is wrath. 1

25The nefesh berakhah (generous person) shall be made to prosper, 1 and he that watereth shall be refreshed also himself. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine lev shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Hashem Eloheicha shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

Psalms 112:9He hath contributed freely, he hath given to the evyonim (needy); 1 his tzedakah endureth forever; 1 his keren shall be lifted up in kavod. 1

Proverbs 19:17He that hath compassion on the dal (poor) lendeth unto Hashem; 1 and for his benefits He will repay him. 1

Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy lechem upon the waters, 1 for thou shalt find it after many yamim. 1

Haggai 1:6Ye have sown harbeh (much), and bring in me'at (little); ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is no warming; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put them into a purse of holes.

Haggai 2:16Since those yamim were, when one came to a heap of grain of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat for to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:24

23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. This tells us what the desire and expectation of the righteous and of the wicked are and how they will prove, what they would have and what they shall have. 1. The righteous would have good, only good; all they desire is that it may go well with all about them; they wish no hurt to any, but happiness to all; as to themselves, their desire is not to gratify any evil lust, but to obtain the favour of a good God and to preserve… Read the whole commentary →

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