Proverbs 11:25
נֶֽפֶשׁ ־ בְּרָכָה תְדֻשָּׁן וּמַרְוֶה גַּם ־ הוּא יוֹרֶֽא ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
In Context
24יֵשׁ מְפַזֵּר וְנוֹסָף עוֹד וְחוֹשֵׂךְ מִיֹּשֶׁר אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃
26מֹנֵֽעַ בָּר יִקְּבֻהוּ לְאוֹם וּבְרָכָה לְרֹאשׁ מַשְׁבִּֽיר ׃
Cross References
Job 31:16אִם ־ אֶמְנַע מֵחֵפֶץ דַּלִּים וְעֵינֵי אַלְמָנָה אֲכַלֶּֽה ׃
Isaiah 32:8וְנָדִיב נְדִיבוֹת יָעָץ וְהוּא עַל ־ נְדִיבוֹת יָקֽוּם ׃ פ
Isaiah 58:8אָז יִבָּקַע כַּשַּׁחַר אוֹרֶךָ וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ מְהֵרָה תִצְמָח וְהָלַךְ לְפָנֶיךָ צִדְקֶךָ כְּבוֹד יְהוָה יַאַסְפֶֽךָ ׃
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 →