Proverbs 19:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

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  • Prov 28:27 : 27 Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-8 : 6 And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap; 7 each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love, 8 and God `is' able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;
  • Eccl 11:1 : 1 Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself? 8 Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee. 9 Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity, 10 And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness `is' as noon. 11 And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.
  • Matt 10:41-42 : 41 he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward, 42 and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 `When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; 8 for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh. 9 `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin; 10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand; 11 because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land. 12 `When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years -- then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee. 13 And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty; 14 thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; `of' that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,
  • 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'
  • Prov 11:24-25 : 24 There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. 25 A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.
  • Prov 12:14 : 14 From the fruit of the mouth `is' one satisfied `with' good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 `Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account;

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    21The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

    22For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

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    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

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    5Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

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    7The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.

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    26All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed `is' for a blessing.

  • Deut 15:7-11
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    7`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

    8for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.

    9`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

    10thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

    11because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

  • Prov 14:21
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    21Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

  • Deut 24:15
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    15in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

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    3A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

  • Job 20:10
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    10His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.

  • Ps 112:5
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    5Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

  • Luke 6:34
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    34and if ye lend `to those' of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.

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  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

  • Ezek 18:7-8
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    7A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

    8In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

  • Job 20:18-19
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    18He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.

    19For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

  • Deut 16:17
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    17each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

  • Lev 25:37
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    16He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

  • Ps 14:6
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    6The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah `is' his refuge.

  • Ps 72:13
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    13He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.

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    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

  • Deut 28:12
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    12`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow.

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    17From the afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase he hath not taken, My judgments he hath done, In My statutes he hath walked, He doth not die for the iniquity of his father, He doth surely live.

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    2Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all `is' Jehovah.

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    13The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.

    14a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

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    6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.