Proverbs 11:24

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Summary

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

That scattereth

But

Haggai 1:6

Haggai 2:16

General references

Leviticus 23:22

Proverbs 3:10

Matthew 5:42

Bible References

That scattereth

The lawless man, earneth the wages of falsehood, but, he that soweth righteousness, hath the reward of fidelity.

A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

He that increaseth his substance by interest and profit, for one ready to favour the poor, doth gather it.

Thou shalt, give, unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil when thou givest unto him, - for on account of this very thing, will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest and in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand.

He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, His righteousness, standeth for aye, His horn, shall be exalted in honour.

Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters, - for, after many days, shalt thou find it:

Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will they give into your lap; for, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured back unto you.

And, according as any one of the disciples was being prospered, they each one of them set apart something for ministering, to send unto the brethren, who dwelt in Jerusalem; -

Necessary, therefore, I regarded it, to exhort the brethren that they would go forward unto you, and make up beforehand your previously-promised blessing. The same, to be ready - thus, as a blessing, and not as of constraint.

But

Ye have sown much, but have brought in little, have eaten, and not been filled, have drunk, and not been satisfied with drink, have clothed you, and none hath been warm, - and, he that hath hired himself out, hath put his wages into a bag with holes.

So long were things thus, that, on coming unto a heap of twenty, then was it found to be ten, - on coming unto the vat to draw off fifty measures, then were there found to be twenty.

General references

And, when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly clear the border of thy field when thou reapest, and, the gleanings of thy field, shalt thou not glean, - for the poor and for the sojourner, shalt thou leave them. I - Yahweh, am your God.

So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.

To him who is asking thee, give; and, him who is desiring from thee to borrow, do not thou turn away.