Proverbs Chapter 11 verse 24 Holy Bible
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but `it tendeth' only to want.
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A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
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There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but [it tendeth] only to want.
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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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There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
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There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - There is that scattereth; that giveth liberally, as Psalm 112:99, "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy." And yet increaseth; becomes only the richer in wealth and more blessed by God (comp. Proverbs 19:17). Nutt quotes the old epitaph, "What we spent, we had; what we saved, we lost; what we gave, we have." Experience proves that no one ultimately loses who gives the tithe of his income to God (see on Proverbs 28:27). There is that withholdeth more than is meet; i.e. is stingy where he ought to be liberal. But the expression is best taken as in the margin of the Revised Version, "that withholdeth what is justly due," either as a debt or as a proper act of generosity becoming one who desires to please God and to do his duty. But it tendeth to poverty. That which is thus withheld is no real benefit to him. it only inure, sos his want. Septuagint and Vulgate, "There are who, sewing what is their own, make the more; and there are who, gathering what is another's, suffer loss." Dionysius Cato, 'Distich. de Mor.,' 54:4, 1 - "Despice divitias, si vis animo esse beatus,Quas qui suscipiunt mendicant semper avari."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) There is that scattereth--i.e., with bounteous hand (comp. Psalm 112:9), "and yet increaseth" in wealth and blessings (comp. Proverbs 19:17, and the old epitaph, "What we spent, we had; what we saved, we lost; what we gave, we have.")
