Proverbs 22:9

God will bless those who are generous [IDM], those who give some of their food to poor people.

Translation for Translators

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

8If you plant corn or rice, corn or rice will grow; similarly, if you act unjustly, you will have disasters [MET]; and if you try to harm/oppress people because you are angry with them, you will not be able to harm them.

10If you get rid of those who make fun of everything that is good, there will no more arguing or quarreling or insulting other people.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:56Even the most gentle and sensitive/kind women among you, who are very refined/rich with the result that they have never had to walk anywhere [HYP], will do the same thing. When your enemies have surrounded your towns, those women will be extremely hungry, with the result that after they give birth to a baby, they will secretly kill it and eat its flesh and also eat its afterbirth. And they will not share any of it with their husbands whom they love very much or with any of their other children.

Psalms 41:1Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.

Proverbs 11:17Those who are kind benefit themselves because others will be kind to them, but those who are cruel will hurt themselves because others will be cruel to them.

Proverbs 11:27If you sincerely want to do what is right, people will respect you, but if you are wanting to cause trouble, trouble is what you will get.

Proverbs 19:17When we give things to poor people, it is as though we are lending to Yahweh, and he will ◄pay us back/reward us for what we did►.

Proverbs 28:24Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.

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 →

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