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Proverbs 22:9
9One with a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread 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.
- 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, the borrower is a slave to the lender. 8One who sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will perish. One with a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. 10Throw out a scoffer and strife will go out, quarreling and disgrace will cease. 11One who loves purity of heart and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his 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 soul who blesses will prosper, and one who gives water will himself be satisfied.
- Proverbs 19:17One who is kind to the poor lends to Adonai, and Adonai will reward him for his good deed.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.
- Deuteronomy 15:7“If there is a poor man among you—any of your brothers within any of your gates in your land that Adonai your God is giving you—you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.
- Deuteronomy 28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, who never ventured to set the sole of her foot on the ground out of delicateness and tenderness—her eye will become evil against the husband of her bosom and her son and daughter.
- Job 31:16“If I withheld the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow to fail,
- Psalms 41:1For the music director: a psalm of David.
- Psalms 112:9He gives freely to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn is lifted high in honor.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it.
- Isaiah 32:8But the noble devises noble plans, and for noble causes he stands.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, to cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood?
- Matthew 20:15Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
- 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, wickedness, deceit, lustfulness, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
- Luke 6:35“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of Elyon, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil ones.
- Acts 20:35In all things I have shown you an object lesson—that by hard work one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Yeshua, 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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