Proverbs 11:26
מֹנֵֽעַ בָּר יִקְּבֻהוּ לְאוֹם וּבְרָכָה לְרֹאשׁ מַשְׁבִּֽיר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In Context
25נֶֽפֶשׁ ־ בְּרָכָה תְדֻשָּׁן וּמַרְוֶה גַּם ־ הוּא יוֹרֶֽא ׃
27שֹׁחֵֽר טוֹב יְבַקֵּשׁ רָצוֹן וְדֹרֵשׁ רָעָה תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ ׃
Cross References
Genesis 47:14וַיְלַקֵּט יוֹסֵף אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַכֶּסֶף הַנִּמְצָא בְאֶֽרֶץ ־ מִצְרַיִם וּבְאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּשֶּׁבֶר אֲשֶׁר ־ הֵם שֹׁבְרִים וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת ־ הַכֶּסֶף בֵּיתָה פַרְעֹֽה ׃
Proverbs 10:6בְּרָכוֹת לְרֹאשׁ צַדִּיק וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יְכַסֶּה חָמָֽס ׃
Proverbs 28:27נוֹתֵן לָרָשׁ אֵין מַחְסוֹר וּמַעְלִים עֵינָיו רַב ־ מְאֵרֽוֹת ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:26
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. So backward we are to works of charity, and so ready to think that giving undoes us, that we need to have it very much pressed upon us how much it is for our own advantage to do good to others, as before, v. 17 . 1. We shall have the comfort of it in our own bosoms: The liberal soul, the soul of blessing, that prays for the afflicted and provides for them, that scatters blessings with gracious lips and generous hands, that… Read the whole commentary →