Proverbs 11:24

Proverbs chapter 11 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.23The desire of the righteous is only good; Butthe expectation of the wicked is wrath.

v.24This passage

v.25The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Acts 11:29
And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judæa:
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.
Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Proverbs 28:8
He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
Haggai 2:16
Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.