English Standard Version
Proverbs 11:24
24One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything.
Context of Proverbs 11:24
22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion. 23The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath. One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. 25Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered. 26The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:24 word by word
יֵ֣שׁ מְ֭פַזֵּר וְנוֹסָ֥ף ע֑וֹד וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְ מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 11:24
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
- Proverbs 19:17Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
- Proverbs 28:8Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.
- Deuteronomy 15:10You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
- Psalms 112:9He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
- Luke 6:38give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."
- Acts 11:29So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.
- Haggai 1:6You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
- Haggai 2:16how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, 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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