Proverbs 22:9

Proverbs 22:9 in other translations

What does Proverbs 22:9 mean?

Proverbs 22:9 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 22:9

• Proverbs 19:17

  He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

• Hebrews 6:10

  For 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 Timothy 6:18-19

  That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

• Acts 20:35

  I 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 Peter 4:9

  Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

• Hebrews 13:16

  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

• Luke 14:13

  But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

• Psalms 112:9

  He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

• Job 31:16-20

  If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;) If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; …

• Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

  Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

• Proverbs 21:13

  Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

• Deuteronomy 15:7-11

  If 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: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. …

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Context

• Proverbs 22:8

  He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

• Proverbs 22:9

  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

• Proverbs 22:10

  Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

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