‘One man gives, and his wealth increases. Another man does not give to anybody, and he becomes poor.’ This is a puzzle.
When a man gives, he loses money. When a man does not give, he saves his money. This verse says the opposite.
Solomon has not made a mistake. When someone is generous, God is kind to this person. Sometimes God gives more money to this person. (Luke 6:38)
Verse Proverbs 11:24. _THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH, AND YET INCREASETH_] The bountiful man, who gives to the poor, never turning away his face from any one in distress, the Lord blesses his property, and...
WITHHOLDETH MORE THAN IS MEET - i. e., Is sparing and niggardly where he ought to give. The contrast is stated in the form of a paradox, to which the two following verses supply the answer. Some rende...
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
POVERTY. want. Hebrew. _heser._ See note on Proverbs 6:11....
_scattereth_ Comp. Psalms 112:9 (where the same Heb. word is rendered _dispersed_); 2 Corinthians 9:6. _yet increaseth_ Rather, INCREASETH YET MORE, R.V. εἰσὶν οἱ τὰ ἴδια σπείροντες πλείονα ποιοῦσιν,...
TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31 22. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion. 23. The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is...
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH, AND YET INCREASETH; AND (THERE IS) THAT WITHHOLDE...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
Wise and liberal expenditure is contrasted with ill-advised niggardly economy....
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH — _i.e._, with bounteous hand (comp. Psalms 112:9), “and yet increaseth” in wealth and blessings (comp. Proverbs 19:17, and the old epitaph, “What we spent, we had; what we sa...
יֵ֣שׁ מְ֭פַזֵּר וְ נֹוסָ֥ף עֹ֑וד וְ חֹושֵׂ֥ךְ
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
There is that scattereth, (n) and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more (o) than is right, but [it tendeth] to poverty. (n) Meaning they who give liberally, whom God blesses. (o) That...
_Others. Moderation is always requisite. Hebrew, "there is one withholding from rectitude, yet for a defect," (Mont.[Montanus?]) being too saving, he is a loser. (Haydock) --- Avarice does not always...
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
_GAINING BY LOSING_ ‘There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth.’ Proverbs 11:24 I. THIS SCATTERING IS A CONCEPTION BORROWED FROM THE HUSBANDMAN.—From out his barns he takes the precious seed and...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH, AND YET INCREASETH,.... That scattereth "his own", as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions add: that disperses his money here and there, among many poor...
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty. Ver. 24. _There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth._] Bounty is the m...
_There is that scattereth_ That giveth liberally of his goods to the poor; for so the word פזר, here used, signifies, Psalms 112:9; _and yet increaseth_ Through God's secret blessing on his estate; _a...
V. 24. THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH, practicing cheerful liberality with the goods given him in life, AND YET INCREASETH, since the blessing of the Lord more than compensates for the money spent in benevo...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
THAT SCATTERETH; that giveth liberally of his goods to the poor; for so this Hebrew word is used, PSALMS 112:9, He hath dispersed, which is explained in the following words, he hath given to the poor....
Proverbs 11:24 is H3426 scatters H6340 (H8764) increases H3254 (H8737) withholds H2820 (H8802) right H3476 pove
GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT WILL BRING BLESSING AND PLENTY, BUT NIGGARDLINESS WILL BRING WANT AND CURSING (PROVERBS 11:24). We now have three proverbs in a minimal chiastic form which deal with the question...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth._ THE TENDENCY OF LIBERALITY TO RICHES, AND OF COVETOUSNESS TO POVERTY The words of this text carry an air of improbable and surprising paradoxes to the...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:24 Because there is a God who blesses generosity and withholds blessing from the greedy, this paradoxical proverb makes perfect sense. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:25. LIBERAL SOUL, “the soul of blessing,” _i.e._, “the soul that blesses others.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 11:24_ THE LIBERAL AND THE NIGGARDLY MAN...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
2 Corinthians 9:5; Acts 11:29; Acts 11:30; Deuteronomy 15:10;...
Scattereth — That gives liberally. Increaseth — Through God's blessing upon his estate. Poverty — By God's providence secretly blasting his estate....