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.

Bible References

That scattereth

Proverbs 11:18
The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.
Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity upon the poor lends to Jehovah, and He will reward his dealing to him.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and unjust gain, he shall gather it for him who will pity the poor.
Deuteronomy 15:10
You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing Jehovah your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.
Psalm 112:9
He has scattered abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be lifted up with honor.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given to you, good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over, they shall give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured to you again.
Acts 11:29
And the disciples, as any were prospered, determined each of them to send for ministry to those brothers who lived in Judea,
2 Corinthians 9:5
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers that they would go forward to you, and make up beforehand your blessing, it having been promised that this would be ready, thus as a matter of blessing, and not as of covetousness.

But

Haggai 1:6
you have sown much and bring in little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you dress, but no one is warm; and he who hires out himself hires himself for a bag full of holes.
Haggai 2:16
from then onward, one came to a heap of twenty measures, and there were but ten; one came to the wine vat to draw off fifty from the winepress, and there were but twenty.

General references

Leviticus 23:22
And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corner of your field. When you reap the gleaning of your harvest, you shall not gather. You shall leave them to the poor and to the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.
Proverbs 3:10
and your barns shall be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst with new wine.
Matthew 5:42
Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.