Proverbs 11:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵ֣שׁ מְ֭פַזֵּר וְנוֹסָ֥ף ע֑וֹד וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְ מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

Yēš məpazzēr wənôsāp ʿôd wəḥôśēk miyyōšer ʾak-ləmaḥsôr.

Grammar Details

• *Yēš*: existential particle - there is
• *məpazzēr*: verb Piel participle masculine singular - scattering/being generous
• *wənôsāp*: conjunction + verb Niphal participle masculine singular - and being added to
• *ʿôd*: adverb - still more
• *wəḥôśēk*: conjunction + verb Qal participle masculine singular - and withholding
• *miyyōšer*: preposition + masculine singular noun - from what is right
• *ʾak-ləmaḥsôr*: adverb + preposition + masculine singular noun - only to poverty

Word Meanings

• *Yēš*: there is/exists
• *məpazzēr*: scattering/being generous/dispersing
• *wənôsāp*: and being added to/increased
• *ʿôd*: still more/yet/again
• *ḥôśēk*: withholding/keeping back
• *yōšer*: what is right/uprightness/straightness/fairness
• *ʾak*: only/surely/nevertheless
• *maḥsôr*: poverty/need/lack

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:17 : 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
• Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
• Luke 6:38 : 38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
• 2 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be {G3779} ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion. 6 But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth {G1909} bountifully shall reap also {G1909} bountifully. 7 [ Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not {G1537} grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: 9 as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever. 10 And he that supplieth seed to the sower and {G5524} bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: 11 ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.
• Deut 15:10 : 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
• Acts 11:29-30 : 29 And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea: 30 which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
• Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.
• Hag 1:6 : 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.
• Hag 1:9-9 : 9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house. 10 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. 11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.
• Hag 2:16-19 : 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. 17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith Jehovah. 18 Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month], since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive - tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless [you].
• Prov 28:8 : 8 He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
• Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
• Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.