Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. New Living Translation Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. English Standard Version One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Berean Standard Bible One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. King James Bible There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. New King James Version There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty. New American Standard Bible There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty. NASB 1995 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want. NASB 1977 There is one who scatters, yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want. Legacy Standard Bible There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who holds back what is rightly due, and yet results only in want. Amplified Bible There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more; And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty. Christian Standard Bible One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. Holman Christian Standard Bible One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. American Standard Version There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. Aramaic Bible in Plain English There is one that distributes seed and brings in much, and there is one who does not gather his own and has little. Brenton Septuagint Translation There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less. Contemporary English Version Sometimes you can become rich by being generous or poor by being greedy. Douay-Rheims Bible Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want. English Revised Version There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. GOD'S WORD® Translation One person spends freely and yet grows richer, while another holds back what he owes and yet grows poorer. Good News Translation Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer. International Standard Version Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer. JPS Tanakh 1917 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. Literal Standard Version There is [one] who is scattering, and yet is increased, | And [one] who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. Majority Standard Bible One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. New American Bible One person is lavish yet grows still richer; another is too sparing, yet is the poorer. NET Bible One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty. New Revised Standard Version Some give freely, yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due, and only suffer want. New Heart English Bible There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. Webster's Bible Translation There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. World English Bible There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. Young's Literal Translation There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Dishonest Scales…23The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath. 24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. 25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.… Cross References 2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath. Proverbs 11:25 A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. Proverbs 13:7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses. Treasury of Scripture There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty. that scattereth Proverbs 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Proverbs 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. but Haggai 1:6,9-11 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… Haggai 2:16-19 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty… Jump to Previous Appropriate Due Freely Gains Gives Grows Increased Increases Increaseth Justly Keeping Meet Need Poverty Results Richer Right Scattereth Scattering Scatters Suffers Tendeth Unduly Want Wealth Withholdeth WithholdsJump to Next Appropriate Due Freely Gains Gives Grows Increased Increases Increaseth Justly Keeping Meet Need Poverty Results Richer Right Scattereth Scattering Scatters Suffers Tendeth Unduly Want Wealth Withholdeth WithholdsProverbs 11 1. On Deception(24) There is that scattereth--i.e., with bounteous hand (comp. Psalm 112:9), "and yet increaseth" in wealth and blessings (comp. Proverbs 19:17, and the old epitaph, "What we spent, we had; what we saved, we lost; what we gave, we have.")Verse 24. - There is that scattereth; that giveth liberally, as Psalm 112:99, "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy." And yet increaseth; becomes only the richer in wealth and more blessed by God (comp. Proverbs 19:17). Nutt quotes the old epitaph, "What we spent, we had; what we saved, we lost; what we gave, we have." Experience proves that no one ultimately loses who gives the tithe of his income to God (see on Proverbs 28:27). There is that withholdeth more than is meet; i.e. is stingy where he ought to be liberal. But the expression is best taken as in the margin of the Revised Version, "that withholdeth what is justly due," either as a debt or as a proper act of generosity becoming one who desires to please God and to do his duty. But it tendeth to poverty. That which is thus withheld is no real benefit to him. it only inure, sos his want. Septuagint and Vulgate, "There are who, sewing what is their own, make the more; and there are who, gathering what is another's, suffer loss." Dionysius Cato, 'Distich. de Mor.,' 54:4, 1 - "Despice divitias, si vis animo esse beatus, Hebrew One gives freely,מְ֭פַזֵּר (mə·p̄az·zêr) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6340: To scatter yet gains וְנוֹסָ֥ף (wə·nō·w·sāp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment even more; ע֑וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more another withholds וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְ (wə·ḥō·w·śêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2820: To restrain, refrain, to refuse, spare, preserve, to observe what is right, מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר (mî·yō·šer) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3476: Straightness, uprightness only אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely to become poor. לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ (lə·maḥ·sō·wr) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4270: A need, thing needed, poverty Links Proverbs 11:24 NIVProverbs 11:24 NLT Proverbs 11:24 ESV Proverbs 11:24 NASB Proverbs 11:24 KJV Proverbs 11:24 BibleApps.com Proverbs 11:24 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 11:24 Chinese Bible Proverbs 11:24 French Bible Proverbs 11:24 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 11:24 There is one who scatters and increases (Prov. 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