Proverbs 11:24
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11:24One person is generous80 and yet grows more wealthy,81
but another withholds more than he should82 and comes to poverty.83
Footnotes
- 80 Heb “There is one who scatters.” The participle מְפַזֵּר (méfazzer, “one who scatters”) refers to charity rather than farming or investments (and is thus a hypocatastasis). Cf. “become rich by being generous”).
- 81 Heb “increases.” The verb means that he grows even more wealthy. This is a paradox: Generosity determines prosperity in God’s economy.
- 82 Heb “more than what is right.” This one is not giving enough, but saving for himself.
- 83 Heb “comes to lack.” The person who withholds will come to the diminishing of his wealth. The verse uses hyperbole to teach that giving to charity does not make anyone poor, and neither does refusal to give ensure prosperity.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
One person gives freely,
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Give freely and become more wealthy;
be stingy and lose everything.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
There is one who gives yet grows richer,
but he who withholds what is right only finds need.
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KJV 1900King James Version
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth;
And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
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