Proverbs 11:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.

You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."

So the disciples determined, everyone according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.

But

You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.

General references

"And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God."

then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.