American Standard Version
Proverbs 22:9
9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 22:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
- New International Version (NIV)The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.
Context of Proverbs 22:9
7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender. 8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor. 10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease. 11He that loveth pureness of heart, Forthe grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:9 word by word
טֽוֹב־עַ֭יִן ה֣וּא יְבֹרָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־נָתַ֖ן מִלַּחְמ֣וֹ לַדָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 22:9
- Proverbs 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
- Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
- Deuteronomy 15:7If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;
- Deuteronomy 28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, who 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,
- Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
- Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
- 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.
- Isaiah 32:8But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- Mark 7:22covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
- Luke 6:35But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
- Acts 20:35In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Commentaries on Proverbs 22:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9A bountiful eye - One that disposes him to help all that he sees to be in want; the bountiful eye means the bountiful heart; for the heart looks through the eye. The merciful heart, even when the hand has little or nothing to give, shall be blessed of the Lord.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9He that hath a bountiful eye - literally, as in the margin, contrasted with the “evil eye” of Proverbs 28:22.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9Verse 9 He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of others shall be blessed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. a bountiful eye--that is, a beneficent disposition. for he giveth ... poor--His acts prove it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22
- 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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