Proverbs 11:24

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One person gives freely and gains even more; another withholds what is right and comes to poverty.

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  • Prov 19:17 : 17 Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has freely given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
  • 2 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go ahead to you and prepare in advance the generous gift you had promised, so that it may be ready as a blessing, and not as something given reluctantly. 6 Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each person should give as they have decided in their heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in every way, at all times, having all that you need, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written: 'He has scattered; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.' 10 Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.
  • Deut 15:10 : 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake.
  • Acts 11:29-30 : 29 The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea. 30 They did this, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.
  • Hag 1:6 : 6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but are never satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be filled. You put on clothes but are not warm. The one who earns wages earns them to put into a bag with holes.
  • Hag 1:9-9 : 9 You expected much, but it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew it away. Why?” declares the LORD of Hosts. “Because My house remains in ruins, while each of you is busy with your own house. 10 Therefore, because of you, the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. 11 I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and everything the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.
  • Hag 2:16-19 : 16 from that time, when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, only ten were there; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, only twenty were there. 17 I struck you—all the work of your hands— with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to me—this is the declaration of the LORD. 18 From this day forward, consider carefully: From the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month—the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid—consider it carefully. 19 Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Send your bread upon the waters, for in many days you will find it again. 2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the earth.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

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    25A generous soul will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

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  • Prov 13:7
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    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • Prov 13:22-23
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    22A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

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  • Prov 21:26
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    26All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

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    6Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

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    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

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  • Matt 13:12
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    12For whoever has, more will be given to them, and they will have abundance. But whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken away from them.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9The generous person will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

  • Matt 25:29
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    29For to everyone who has, more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken away from them.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

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    11The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

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  • 2 Cor 8:15
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    15As it is written: 'The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.'

  • Prov 21:5
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    5The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

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    28Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

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    17Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.

  • 2 Cor 9:9-10
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    9As it is written: 'He has scattered; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.'

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    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

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    1Send your bread upon the waters, for in many days you will find it again.

    2Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the earth.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

  • Luke 19:26
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    23The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • Hag 1:6
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    6Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

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    11Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.

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