Proverbs 22:9
He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Updated King James Version
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
8He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Proverbs 11:17The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Proverbs 11:27He that diligently seeks good procures favour: but he that seeks mischief, it shall come unto him.
Proverbs 19:17He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 28:24Whoso robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
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 →