Proverbs 11:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁵ A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ The liberal soul shall be made fat: And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ The liberal person shall be enriched, and he who waters shall himself be watered. [II Cor. 9:6-10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Common English Bible

²⁵ Generous persons will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ The soul that blesses shall be made fat. And whoever inebriates will likewise be inebriated himself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ The soul which blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.

Proverbs 11:25 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans and lentils,

Proverbs 11:24

Some give freely yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due and only suffer want.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Proverbs 28:27

Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.

Proverbs 3:10

then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce;

Isaiah 32:8

But those who are noble plan noble things, and by noble things they stand.

Matthew 5:7

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.