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 works a deceitful work. There is a sure reward for the one who sows righteousness.

When you help the poor (needy) (lowly) (depressed) you lend to Jehovah. He will pay you back.

He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor.

Give the poor what they need, because then Jehovah will make you successful in everything you do.

He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor.

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

Give and it shall be given to you. You will receive a good measure. It will be pressed down, shaken together, running over and they will give it to you. For with the measure that you measure out it will be measured to you also.

The disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers in Judea.

I thought it necessary therefore to request the brothers to go before me to you, and prepare your generous gift before hand, that the same might be ready as a gift and not extortion.

But

You sow much and reap little. You eat but you do not have enough! You drink and yet you are not filled. You clothe yourselves but you are not warm. You earns wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.

You would go to a pile of grain looking for twenty bushels, but there would be only ten. You would go to draw fifty gallons of wine from a vat and find only twenty.

General references

When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields. Do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left. Leave them for poor people and foreigners. Jehovah is your God.'

Your barns will be filled with plenty. Your vats will overflow with new wine.

Give to those who ask. Lend to those who borrow.