Proverbs 11:17

Kindness benefits the one who shows it, while cruelty harms the one who practices it. How we treat others rebounds on our own well-being.

Cross-references · 17

• Matt 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
• Matt 25:34–40Then 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.
• Jas 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• 2 Cor 9:6–14Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Phil 4:17Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
• Matt 6:14–15For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
• Ps 41:1–4For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
• Dan 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
• Jas 5:1–5Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Isa 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
• Prov 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
• Eccl 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
• Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
• Ps 112:4–9Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• Isa 58:7–12Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
• Isa 32:7–8The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
• Job 20:19–23For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

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