Proverbs 22:9

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A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:17 : 17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition. 8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. 10 You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt. 11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
  • Deut 28:56 : 56 Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans– 18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow! 19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, 20 whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,
  • Ps 41:1-3 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him. 2 May the LORD protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies! 3 The LORD supports him on his sickbed; you have healed him from his illness.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return. 2 Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! 8 Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD’s splendor will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully. 10 You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. 11 The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water. 12 Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called,‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
  • Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then the king will say to those on his right,‘Come, you who are blessed by 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 something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
  • Luke 6:35-38 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37 Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”
  • Luke 14:13 : 13 But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said,‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  • 2 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Completing the Collection for the Saints Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia, 2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-9 : 6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work. 9 Just as it is written,“He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.” 10 Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,
  • 1 Tim 6:18-19 : 18 Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others. 19 In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:27
    85%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Prov 19:17
    79%

    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • 2 Cor 9:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

    7Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

  • Ps 41:1
    78%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Prov 28:19-22
    4 verses
    78%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Deut 15:7-11
    5 verses
    78%

    7The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.

    8Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

    9Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.

    10You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

    11There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

  • Prov 22:16
    77%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 23:6
    76%

    6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

  • Prov 14:21
    75%

    21The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

  • Ps 112:9
    75%

    9He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.

  • 2 Cor 9:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Just as it is written,“He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.”

    10Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

  • Prov 28:8
    75%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Luke 6:20
    75%

    20Then he looked up at his disciples and said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

  • Prov 13:23
    74%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 14:31
    74%

    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Prov 11:24-26
    3 verses
    74%

    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

    25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.

    26People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

  • Ps 37:26
    73%

    26All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

  • Job 20:10
    73%

    10His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Prov 10:22
    73%

    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Prov 29:13
    73%

    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

  • Prov 21:13
    73%

    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Ps 37:22
    72%

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Ps 132:15
    72%

    15I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

  • Ps 112:5
    72%

    5It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

  • Deut 15:4
    72%

    4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

  • Deut 16:17
    71%

    17Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.

  • Job 29:11
    71%

    11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

  • Matt 13:12
    71%

    12For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Luke 21:1
    71%

    1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.

  • Deut 14:29
    71%

    29Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.

  • Matt 6:4
    71%

    4so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

  • Isa 58:7
    71%

    7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

  • Matt 25:29
    71%

    29For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Prov 12:9
    71%

    9Better is a person of humble standing who works for himself, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

  • Prov 25:21
    71%

    21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,