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Proverbs 28

Prov. 28:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that 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
unto the poor
ruwsh (Hebrew #7326)
to be destitute
KJV usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Pronounce: roosh
Origin: a primitive root
shall not lack
machcowr (Hebrew #4270)
from 2637; deficiency; hence, impoverishment
KJV usage: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
Pronounce: makh-sore'
Origin: or machcor {makh-sore'}
: but he that hideth
`alam (Hebrew #5956)
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
Pronounce: aw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
his eyes
`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
shall have many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
a curse
merah (Hebrew #3994)
an execration
KJV usage: curse.
Pronounce: meh-ay-raw'
Origin: from 779
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Ministry on This Verse

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that giveth.
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. 22:9• 9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed,{HR}For he giveth of his bread to the poor. (Prov. 22:9)
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Deut. 15:7,10• 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;
 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. (Deut. 15:7,10)
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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. 112:5‑9• 5Good [is] the man gracious and lending;{HR}He will sustain his matters with judgment.
 6For he shall not be moved forever;{HR}For everlasting remembrance shall be a righteous one.
 7Of evil tidings he will not be afraid;{HR}Fixed [is] his heart, confiding in Jehovah.
 8Settled [is] his heart,{HR}He will not fear until he look upon his oppressors.
 9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;{HR}His righteousness standeth forever,{HR}His horn shall be exalted with glory. (Psa. 112:5‑9)
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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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Heb. 13:16• 16But to do good and communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)
hideth.
Isa. 1:15• 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:15)
shall.
Prov. 11:26• 26He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him;{HR}But blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it]. (Prov. 11:26)
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Prov. 24:24• 24He that saith to the wicked, Thou [art] righteous,{HR}Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him; (Prov. 24:24)
• See notes on Proverbs 14:21; 21:13; and verse 8 above. It is one of the evidences of the interference of a benevolent providence in the affairs of men, that he who has pity upon the needy is never the loser thereby, while he who refuses to see their sad estate, and who hoards all his possessions for himself, finds them to be a cause of grief and anguish in the end. (“Proverbs Twenty-Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse.

W. Kelly Translation

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He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack;{HR}But he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)