Proverbs 22:9

The generous person who shares with the poor will be blessed. It matters because open-handed kindness to the needy brings God's blessing.

Cross-references · 23

• Prov 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Heb 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• 1 Tim 6:18–19That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
• 1 Pet 4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
• Heb 13:16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• Luke 14:13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
• Ps 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Eccl 11:1–2Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• 2 Cor 8:1–2Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
• 2 Cor 9:6–11But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• Job 31:16–20If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
• Isa 32:8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
• Luke 6:35–38But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
• Matt 25:34–40Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Prov 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• Isa 58:7–12Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
• Deut 15:7–11If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
• Prov 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
• Ps 41:1–3Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
• Matt 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
• Deut 28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure 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,

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