Proverbs 11:24

There is who scattereth, and increaseth yet more, and who withholdeth of what is due, only to come to want.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 desire of the righteous, is only good, the expectation of the lawless, is wrath.

25The liberal soul, shall be enriched, and, he that refresheth, shall himself also be refreshed.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt, give, unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil when thou givest unto him,—for on account of this very thing, will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest and in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand.

Psalms 112:9He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, His righteousness, standeth for aye, His horn, shall be exalted in honour.

Proverbs 19:17A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters,—for, after many days, shalt thou find it:

Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, but have brought in little, have eaten, and not been filled, have drunk, and not been satisfied with drink, have clothed you, and none hath been warm,—and, he that hath hired himself out, hath put his wages into a bag with holes.

Haggai 2:16So long were things thus, that, on coming unto a heap of twenty, then was it found to be ten,—on coming unto the vat to draw off fifty measures, then were there found to be 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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