Proverbs 11:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:7 : 7 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.›
  • 2 Cor 9:6-9 : 6 ¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
  • Prov 28:27 : 27 ¶ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 ¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
  • Job 29:13-18 : 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame. 16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 ¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 ¶ If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
  • Matt 25:34-35 : 34 ‹Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:› 35 ‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:›

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 24 ¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

  • 26 ¶ He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].

  • 9 ¶ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • 6 ¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

  • 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

  • Isa 58:10-11
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    10 And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:

    11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

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    21 ¶ If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

    22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

  • 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

  • Ps 65:9-10
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    9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

    10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

  • 16 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • 11 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

  • 30 ¶ The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.

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    19 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

    20 ¶ A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • 14 ¶ A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

  • 14 ¶ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

  • 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

  • 4 ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • 38 ‹Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.›

  • 22 ¶ The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  • 1 ¶ Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

  • 27 ¶ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • 17 ¶ The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

  • 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

  • 17 ¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

  • 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

  • 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

  • 25 ‹For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.›

  • 25 ¶ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

  • 4 ¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

  • 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

  • 25 ¶ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

  • 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

  • 20 ¶ A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

  • 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

  • 20 Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.

  • 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

  • 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

  • 23 ¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

  • 8 ¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  • 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.

  • 26 [He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.

  • 14 ‹But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.›

  • 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.