New English Translation
Proverbs 11:24
24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.
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
22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion. 23What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath. One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty. 25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied. 26People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one 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 person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
- Proverbs 19:17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
- Proverbs 28:8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
- Deuteronomy 15:10You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.
- Psalms 112:9He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.
- Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”
- Acts 11:29So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.
- Haggai 1:6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”
- Haggai 2:16From that time when one came expecting a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures from it, there were only 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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