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Proverbs 22:9
9The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.
Context of Proverbs 22:9
7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. 8Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken. The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. 10Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended. 11One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:9 word by word
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 prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
- Proverbs 19:17Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
- Deuteronomy 15:7If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them.
- Deuteronomy 28:56The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter
- Job 31:16“If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
- Psalms 41:1Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
- Psalms 112:9They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return.
- Isaiah 32:8But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Matthew 20:15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Matthew 25:34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
- Mark 7:22adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
- Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- Acts 20:35In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus 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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