The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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Proverbs 11:23-27
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).
liberal soul--(Compare Margin). made fat--prospers (Pro 28:25; Deu 32:15; Luk 6:38). watereth . . . watered--a common figure for blessing.
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Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
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