Proverbs 11:24

²² As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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

²⁵ The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

²⁶ He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
KJV: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
WEB: There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
ASV: There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] only to want.
DARBY: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but [it tendeth] only to want.
BLB: There is one dispersing, and increasing more, and one withholding from uprightness, only for lack.

ÅB: Den ene strør ut og får enda mere; den andre holder tilbake mere enn rett er, og det blir dog bare fattigdom.
OTB: En person gir fritt, men får mer; en annen holder tilbake unødig, og kommer til fattigdom.
B1930: Den ene strør ut og får ennu mere; den andre holder tilbake mere enn rett er, og det blir dog bare fattigdom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
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Deuteronomy 15:10
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
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Psalms 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
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Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
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Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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Haggai 1:9–11
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
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2 Corinthians 9:5–11
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
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