Proverbs 22:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

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  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother. 8 But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants. 9 Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you. 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 shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.
  • Deut 28:56 : 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my portion alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it; 18 (For from my youth he was raised with me as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for lack 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;
  • Ps 41:1-3 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive; he shall be blessed upon the earth, and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him on the bed of illness; You will make all his bed in his sickness.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 The generous soul shall be made rich, and he who waters shall be watered also himself.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble man devises noble things, and by noble things he will stand.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you do not hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. 12 And those from among you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
  • Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in. 36 I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me. 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you? 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
  • Luke 6:35-38 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured back to you.
  • Luke 14:13 : 13 But when you give a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind:
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
  • 2 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Moreover, brothers and sisters, we want you to know of the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia; 2 How in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the riches of their generosity.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-9 : 6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work: 9 As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness; 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.
  • 1 Tim 6:18-19 : 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share; 19 Storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:27
    85%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 19:17
    79%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • 2 Cor 9:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

    7Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

  • Ps 41:1
    78%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Prov 28:19-22
    4 verses
    78%

    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

    21To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Deut 15:7-11
    5 verses
    78%

    7If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.

    8But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants.

    9Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.

    10You 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 shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.

    11For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

  • Prov 22:16
    77%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 23:6
    76%

    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

  • Prov 14:21
    75%

    21He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  • Ps 112:9
    75%

    9He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

  • 2 Cor 9:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever.

    10Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness;

  • Prov 28:8
    75%

    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Luke 6:20
    75%

    20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

  • Prov 13:23
    74%

    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Prov 14:31
    74%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 11:24-26
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    74%

    24There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

    25The generous soul shall be made rich, and he who waters shall be watered also himself.

    26The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but blessing shall be on the head of him who sells it.

  • Ps 37:26
    73%

    26He is ever merciful, and lends, and his descendants are blessed.

  • Job 20:10
    73%

    10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

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

  • Prov 29:13
    73%

    13The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

  • Prov 21:13
    73%

    13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Ps 37:22
    72%

    22For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Ps 132:15
    72%

    15I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

  • Ps 112:5
    72%

    5A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Deut 15:4
    72%

    4Except when there are no poor among you; for the LORD will greatly bless you in the land the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it.

  • Deut 16:17
    71%

    17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

  • Job 29:11
    71%

    11When the ear heard me, it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it approved me;

  • Matt 13:12
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    12To whoever has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Luke 21:1
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    1And he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

  • Deut 14:29
    71%

    29And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

  • Matt 6:4
    71%

    4that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

  • Isa 58:7
    71%

    7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you do not hide yourself from your own flesh?

  • Matt 25:29
    71%

    29For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Prov 12:9
    71%

    9He who is despised and has a servant is better than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

  • Prov 25:21
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    21If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;