Proverbs 11:24 - American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ There are those who [generously] scatter abroad, and yet increase more; there are those who withhold more than is fitting or what is justly due, but it results only in want.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Those who give generously receive more, but those who are stingy with what is appropriate will grow needy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Some distribute their own goods, and they become wealthier. Others seize what is not their own, and they are always in need.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.

English Standard Version 2016

²⁴ One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Proverbs 11:24 Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:10

And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the oblations into the house of Jehovah, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Jehovah hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

Psalm 112:9

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 13:7

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

Proverbs 19:17

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Proverbs 28:27

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

Proverbs 28:8

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Haggai 1:6

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Luke 6:38

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

Deuteronomy 15:10

Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.