2 Corinthians 9:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ As it is written, “He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: His righteousness remaineth for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ As it is written, He [the benevolent person] scatters abroad; He gives to the poor; His deeds of justice and goodness and kindness and benevolence will go on and endure forever! [Ps. 112:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.

Common English Bible

⁹ As it is written, “He scattered everywhere; he gave to the needy; his righteousness remains forever.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ just as it was written: "He has distributed widely, he has given to the poor; his justice remains from age to age."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ As it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever.

2 Corinthians 9:9 Cross References

Psalm 112:3

Wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness endures for ever.

Psalm 112:9

He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Proverbs 21:21

He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.

Proverbs 8:18

Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and prosperity.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my deliverance will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.”

1 Corinthians 13:13

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

2 Corinthians 9:10

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness.