American Standard Version
Proverbs 11:24
24There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more;And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
Proverbs 11:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
- New International Version (NIV)One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty.
Context of Proverbs 11:24
22Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion. 23The desire of the righteous is only good; Butthe expectation of the wicked is wrath. There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. 25The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself. 26He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:24 word by word
יֵ֣שׁ מְ֭פַזֵּר וְנוֹסָ֥ף ע֑וֹד וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְ מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:24
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
- Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
- Proverbs 28:8He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
- Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
- Psalms 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
- Luke 6:38give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
- Acts 11:29And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judæa:
- 2 Corinthians 9:5I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.
- Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
- Haggai 2:16Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth - The bountiful man, who gives to the poor, never turning away his face from any one in distress, the Lord blesses his property and the bread is multiplied in his hand. To the same purpose the following verse.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Withholdeth more than is meet - i. e., Is sparing and niggardly where he ought to give. The contrast is stated in the form of a paradox, to which the two following verses supply the answer. Some render, “There is that withholdeth from what is due,” i. e., from a just debt, or from the generosity of a just man.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24Verse 24 A man may grow poor by not paying just debts, not relieving the poor, not allowing needful expenses. Let men be ever so saving of what they have, if God appoints, it comes to nothing.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-26Generous people who give freely to others will succeed, but those who hoard their money will lose it (see Proverbs 28:27; 2 Corinthians 9:6–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3124-31. The scope of the whole is a comment on Pr 11:23. Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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