Proverbs 11:17

The Message

When you’re kind to others, you help yourself; when you’re cruel to others, you hurt yourself.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:27

A greedy and grasping person destroys community; those who refuse to exploit live and let live.

Proverbs 22:9

Generous hands are blessed hands because they give bread to the poor.

Isaiah 57:1

Meanwhile, right-living people die and no one gives them a thought. God-fearing people are carted off and no one even notices. The right-living people are out of their misery, they’re finally at rest. They lived well and with dignity and now they’re finally at peace. * * *

Daniel 4:27

“So, king, take my advice: Make a clean break with your sins and start living for others. Quit your wicked life and look after the needs of the down-and-out. Then you will continue to have a good life.”

Matthew 5:7

“You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for.