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Proverbs 11:24

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24There is one who vscatters, yet increases more;

And there is one who withholds more than is right,

But it leads to poverty.

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Cross references

  1. vPs. 112:9; Prov. 13:7; 19:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;

another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

One person gives freely, yet gains even more;

another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

One person gives freely,

yet gains more;

another withholds what is right,

only to become poor.

NLTNew Living Translation

Give freely and become more wealthy;

be stingy and lose everything.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

There is one who gives yet grows richer,

but he who withholds what is right only finds need.

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.