Psalm 112:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness endureth for ever; His horn shall be exalted with honour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He has distributed freely [he has given to the poor and needy]; his righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) endures forever; his horn shall be exalted in honor. [II Cor. 9:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.

Common English Bible

⁹ They give freely to those in need. Their righteousness stands forever. Their strength increases gloriously.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.

Psalm 112:9 Cross References

Psalm 111:3

Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures for ever.

Psalm 112:3

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

Psalm 75:10

All the horns of the wicked he will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm 92:10

But thou hast exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; thou hast poured over me fresh oil.

Psalm 92:11

My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies, my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.

Proverbs 19:17

He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 21:26

All day long the wicked covets, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Isaiah 32:8

But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.

Isaiah 58:10

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Matthew 6:4

so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Mark 14:7

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.

Luke 11:41

But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Luke 16:9

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.

Luke 18:22

And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

John 13:29

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast”; or, that he should give something to the poor.

Acts 20:35

In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Acts 4:35

and laid it at the apostles' feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need.

Romans 12:13

Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in the land.

Deuteronomy 15:14

you shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press; as the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

Deuteronomy 24:13

when the sun goes down, you shall restore to him the pledge that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

1 Timothy 6:18

They are to do good, to be rich in good deeds, liberal and generous,

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

Revelation 22:11

Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah also prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in thy salvation.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.