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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ηHe that hath a bountiful
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
eye
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
b shall be blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
; for he giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
of his bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
to the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
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good of eye.
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2 Cor. 9:6• 6But this [I say], he that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth in blessings shall reap also in blessings; (2 Cor. 9:6)

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He that hath a bountiful eye.
Heb. Good of eye.
Prov. 11:25• 25The blessing soul shall be made fat;{HR}And he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (Prov. 11:25)
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Prov. 19:17• 17He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to Jehovah;{HR}And his bestowal will he pay him again. (Prov. 19:17)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,{HR}He also shall cry, and not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Deut. 15:7‑11• 7If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
 8but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh.
 9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy 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 against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
 10Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.
 11For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land. (Deut. 15:7‑11)
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Deut. 28:56• 56The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter, (Deut. 28:56)
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Job 31:16‑20• 16If I kept back the poor from [their] desire,{HR}And the eyes of the widow made to pine,
 17Or ate my morsel by myself,{HR}And the orphan had not eaten of it
 18(For from my path I brought him up as a father,{HR}And her I guided from my mother’s womb);
 19If I saw [any] perishing without clothing,{HR}And the needy without covering;
 20If his loins blessed me not,{HR}And he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; (Job 31:16‑20)
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Psa. 41:1‑3• 1To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
 2Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive:{HR}He shall be prospered in the land;{HR}And do not thou give him up to the will of his enemies.
 3Jehovah will hold him up on the bed of languishing:{HR}All his bed thou hast turned in his sickness. (Psa. 41:1‑3)
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Psa. 112:9• 9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;{HR}His righteousness standeth forever,{HR}His horn shall be exalted with glory. (Psa. 112:9)
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Eccl. 11:1‑2• 1Cast thy bread on the face of the waters,{HR}For after many days thou shalt find it.
 2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight,{HR}For thou knowest not what evil shall be on the earth. (Eccl. 11:1‑2)
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Isa. 32:8• 8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things doth he stand. (Isa. 32:8)
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Isa. 58:7‑12• 7[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
 8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.
 9Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and the speaking vanity;
 10and [if] thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity [be] as the noonday:
 11and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters deceive not.
 12And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths of habitation. (Isa. 58:7‑12)
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Matt. 20:15• 15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good? (Matt. 20:15)
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Matt. 25:34‑40• 34Then shall the King say to those on his right, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation.
 35For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
 36naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
 37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and fed thee; or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
 38and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
 39and when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee?
 40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me. (Matt. 25:34‑40)
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Mark 7:22• 22thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: (Mark 7:22)
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Luke 6:35‑38• 35But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
 36Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.
 37And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall in nowise be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted unto you.
 38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Luke 6:35‑38)
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Acts 20:35• 35In all things I gave you an example how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
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2 Cor. 8:1‑2• 1Now we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God that is given in f the assemblies of Macedonia;
 2that in much trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality; (2 Cor. 8:1‑2)
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2 Cor. 9:6‑11• 6But this [I say], he that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth in blessings shall reap also in blessings;
 7each as he hath purposed in his heart, not of sorrow or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
 8And God is able to make every grace abound unto you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in every [thing], may abound unto every good work;
 9as it is written, He scattered, he gave to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever.
 10But he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for eating will supply and multiply your sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
 11ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality which worketh out through us thanksgiving to God. (2 Cor. 9:6‑11)
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1 Tim. 6:18‑19• 18to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, ready to communicate,
 19laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the real life. (1 Tim. 6:18‑19)
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Heb. 6:10• 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed unto his name, in that ye ministered to his saints and do minister. (Heb. 6:10)
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Heb. 13:16• 16But to do good and communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)
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1 Peter 4:9• 9hospitable toward one another without murmuring; (1 Peter 4:9)
• The kindly, benevolent soul who plants the seed of thoughtfulness for others will reap a bountiful harvest of consideration and of blessing for himself. Bread cast upon the waters returns after many days. See Ebed-melech (Jer. 38:7-12; 39:16-18). (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed,{HR}For he giveth of his bread to the poor.