Verse 24

There is{H3426} that scattereth,{H6340} and increaseth{H3254} yet more; And there is that withholdeth{H2820} more than is meet,{H3476} but [it tendeth] only to want.{H4270}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He that hath pity{H2603} upon the poor{H1800} lendeth{H3867} unto Jehovah,{H3068} And his good deed{H1576} will he pay him again.{H7999}
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed,{H6340} he hath given{H5414} to the needy;{H34} His righteousness{H6666} endureth{H5975} for ever:{H5703} His horn{H7161} shall be exalted{H7311} with honor.{H3519}
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 give,{G1325} and{G2532} it shall be given{G1325} unto you;{G5213} good{G2570} measure,{G3358} pressed down,{G4085} shaken{G2532} together,{G4531} running{G2532} over,{G5240} shall they give{G1325} into{G1519} your{G5216} bosom.{G2859} For{G1063} with what{G846} measure{G3358} ye{G3739} mete{G3354} it shall be measured{G488} to you{G5213} again.{G488}
  • 2 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 I thought it{G2233} necessary{G316} therefore{G3767} to entreat{G3870} the brethren,{G80} that{G2443} they would go before{G4281} unto{G1519} you,{G5209} and{G2532} make up beforehand{G4294} your{G5216} aforepromised{G4293} bounty,{G2129} that the same{G3778} might be{G1511} {G3779} ready{G2092} as{G5613} a{G3779} matter of bounty,{G2129} and{G2532} not{G3361} of extortion.{G4124} 6 But{G1161} this{G5124} [I say,] He{G3588} that soweth{G4687} sparingly{G5340} shall reap{G2325} also{G2532} sparingly;{G5340} and{G2532} he{G3588} that soweth{G4687} {G1909} bountifully{G2129} shall reap{G2325} also{G2532} {G1909} bountifully.{G2129} 7 [ Let] each man{G1538} [do] according as{G2531} he hath purposed{G4255} in his heart:{G2588} not{G3361} {G1537} grudgingly,{G3077} or{G2228} of{G1537} necessity:{G318} for{G1063} God{G2316} loveth{G25} a cheerful{G2431} giver.{G1395} 8 And{G1161} God{G2316} is able{G1415} to make all{G3956} grace{G5485} abound{G4052} unto{G1519} you;{G5209} that{G2443} ye, having{G2192} always{G3842} all{G3956} sufficiency{G841} in{G1722} everything,{G3956} may abound{G4052} unto{G1519} every{G3956} good{G18} work:{G2041} 9 as{G2531} it is written,{G1125} He hath scattered abroad,{G4650} he hath given{G1325} to the poor;{G3993} His{G846} righteousness{G1343} abideth{G3306} for{G1519} ever.{G165} 10 And{G1161} he that{G3588} supplieth{G2023} seed{G4690} to the sower{G4687} and{G2532} {G5524} bread{G740} for{G1519} food,{G1035} shall supply and{G2532} multiply{G4129} your{G5216} seed for sowing,{G4703} and{G2532} increase{G837} the fruits{G1081} of your{G5216} righteousness:{G1343} 11 ye being enriched{G4148} in{G1722} everything{G3956} unto{G1519} all{G3956} liberality,{G572} which{G3748} worketh{G2716} through{G1223} us{G2257} thanksgiving{G2169} to God.{G2316}
  • Deut 15:10 : 10 Thou shalt surely{H5414} give{H5414} him, and thy heart{H3824} shall not be grieved{H3415} when thou givest{H5414} unto him; because{H1558} that for this thing{H1697} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will bless{H1288} thee in all thy work,{H4639} and in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto.
  • Acts 11:29-30 : 29 And{G1161} the disciples,{G3101} every{G1538} man{G5100} according to{G2531} his{G846} ability,{G2141} determined{G3724} to send{G3992} relief{G1248} unto{G1519} the brethren{G80} that{G3588} dwelt{G2730} in{G1722} Judea:{G2449} 30 which{G3739} also{G2532} they did,{G4160} sending it{G649} to{G4314} the elders{G4245} by{G1223} the hand{G5495} of Barnabas{G921} and{G2532} Saul.{G4569}
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked{H7563} earneth{H6213} deceitful{H8267} wages;{H6468} But he that soweth{H2232} righteousness{H6666} [hath] a sure{H571} reward.{H7938}
  • Hag 1:6 : 6 Ye have sown{H2232} much,{H7235} and bring{H935} in little;{H4592} ye eat,{H398} but ye have not enough;{H7654} ye drink,{H8354} but ye are not filled with drink;{H7937} ye clothe{H3847} you, but there is none warm;{H2527} and he that earneth wages{H7936} earneth wages{H7936} [to put it] into a bag{H6872} with holes.{H5344}
  • Hag 1:9-9 : 9 Ye looked{H6437} for much,{H7235} and, lo, it came to little;{H4592} and when ye brought{H935} it home,{H1004} I did blow{H5301} upon it. Why? saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635} Because{H3282} of my house{H1004} that lieth waste,{H2720} while ye run{H7323} every man{H376} to his own house.{H1004} 10 Therefore for your sake the heavens{H8064} withhold{H3607} the dew,{H2919} and the earth{H776} withholdeth{H3607} its fruit.{H2981} 11 And I called{H7121} for a drought{H2721} upon the land,{H776} and upon the mountains,{H2022} and upon the grain,{H1715} and upon the new wine,{H8492} and upon the oil,{H3323} and upon that which the ground{H127} bringeth forth,{H3318} and upon men,{H120} and upon cattle,{H929} and upon all the labor{H3018} of the hands.{H3709}
  • Hag 2:16-19 : 16 Through all that time, when one came{H935} to a heap{H6194} of twenty{H6242} [measures], there were but ten;{H6235} when one came{H935} to the winevat{H3342} to draw out{H2834} fifty{H2572} [vessels], there{H6333} were but twenty.{H6242} 17 I smote{H5221} you with blasting{H7711} and with mildew{H3420} and with hail{H1259} in all the work{H4639} of your hands;{H3027} yet ye [turned] not to me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 18 Consider,{H7760} I pray you, from this day{H3117} and backward,{H4605} from the four{H702} and twentieth{H6242} day{H3117} of the ninth{H8671} [month], since the day{H3117} that the foundation{H3245} of Jehovah's{H3068} temple{H1964} was laid, consider{H7760} it. 19 Is the seed{H2233} yet in the barn?{H4035} yea, the vine,{H1612} and the fig-tree,{H6086} and the pomegranate,{H7416} and the olive -{H8384} tree{H8384} have not brought forth;{H5375} from this day{H3117} will I bless{H1288} [you].
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 He that augmenteth{H7235} his substance{H1952} by interest{H5392} and increase,{H8636} Gathereth{H6908} it for him that hath pity{H2603} on the poor.{H1800}
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Cast{H7971} thy bread{H3899} upon{H6440} the waters;{H4325} for thou shalt find{H4672} it after many{H7230} days.{H3117} 2 Give{H5414} a portion{H2506} to seven,{H7651} yea, even unto eight;{H8083} for thou knowest{H3045} not what evil{H7451} shall be upon the earth.{H776}
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning{H1242} sow{H2232} thy seed,{H2233} and in the evening{H6153} withhold{H3240} not thy hand;{H3027} for thou knowest{H3045} not which{H335} shall prosper,{H3787} whether this or that, or whether they both{H8147} shall be alike{H259} good.{H2896}