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Proverbs 11:24
Proverbs 11:24 is verse 24 of Proverbs chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
King James Version
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
World English Bible
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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Proverbs 11:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
25 A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
26 The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Deuteronomy 15:10Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Ecclesiastes 11:2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
Ecclesiastes 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Acts 11:29So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
Acts 11:30This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
2 Corinthians 9:5So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
2 Corinthians 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
2 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:9As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
2 Corinthians 9:10Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Corinthians 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
Haggai 1:10Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
Haggai 1:11I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
Haggai 2:16from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
Haggai 2:17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
Haggai 2:18Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
Haggai 2:19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”