Proverbs 11:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:7 : 7 Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-9 : 6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them. 7 Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver. 8 And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work: 9 As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.
  • Prov 28:27 : 27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh? 8 Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you. 9 Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word; 10 And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun: 11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
  • Job 29:13-18 : 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart. 14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking. 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me. 17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away. 18 Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose; 17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father; 18 (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;) 19 If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him; 20 If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
  • Matt 25:34-35 : 34 Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was: 35 For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:24
    81%

    24 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.

  • Prov 11:26
    76%

    26 He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

  • Prov 22:9
    74%

    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    74%

    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
    72%

    10 And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

  • Isa 58:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:

    11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.

  • Prov 25:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

    22 For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

  • Isa 30:23
    70%

    23 And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.

  • Ps 65:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

    10 You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.

  • Prov 22:16
    70%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 12:11
    69%

    11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

  • Prov 11:30
    69%

    30 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 12:14
    69%

    14 From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • Prov 14:14
    69%

    14 He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

  • Jer 31:25
    69%

    25 For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.

  • Prov 10:4
    69%

    4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

  • Luke 6:38
    69%

    38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

  • Prov 10:22
    69%

    22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

  • Eccl 11:1
    69%

    1 Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

  • Prov 28:27
    69%

    27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

  • Prov 11:17
    69%

    17 The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

  • Ps 107:37
    69%

    37 And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

  • Prov 19:17
    68%

    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Job 22:7
    68%

    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • Ps 107:9
    68%

    9 He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

  • Isa 32:8
    68%

    8 But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

  • Mark 4:25
    68%

    25 He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

  • Prov 13:25
    68%

    25 The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

  • Deut 15:10
    68%

    10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.

  • Prov 13:4
    68%

    4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

  • Prov 3:10
    68%

    10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

  • Deut 15:14
    68%

    14 But give him freely from your flock and from your grain and your wine: in the measure of the wealth which the Lord your God has given you, you are to give to him.

  • Prov 28:25
    68%

    25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

  • Prov 21:26
    68%

    26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Prov 18:20
    68%

    20 With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.

  • 1 Cor 3:8
    68%

    8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

  • Isa 32:20
    68%

    20 Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

  • Job 5:10
    67%

    10 Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:

  • Isa 55:10
    67%

    10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;

  • Prov 13:23
    67%

    23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • Prov 28:8
    67%

    8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 5:16
    67%

    16 Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.

  • Ps 37:26
    67%

    26 All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

  • John 4:14
    67%

    14 But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.

  • Ps 104:13
    67%

    13 He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.