New English Translation
Proverbs 22:9
9A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food 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 rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end. A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor. 10Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease. 11The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious – the king will be his friend.
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טֽוֹב־עַ֭יִן ה֣וּא יְבֹרָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־נָתַ֖ן מִלַּחְמ֣וֹ לַדָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 22:9
- Proverbs 11:25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
- 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 21:13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
- Deuteronomy 15:7If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.
- Deuteronomy 28:56Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,
- Job 31:16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
- Psalms 41:1How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.
- 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.
- Isaiah 32:8An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.
- Isaiah 58:7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!
- Matthew 20:15Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Matthew 25:34Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Mark 7:22adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
- Luke 6:35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.
- Acts 20:35By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and 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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