Cross References The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings shall also reap blessings. Proverbs 11:23 Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want. Proverbs 11:25 He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell. Proverbs 13:7 One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches. Proverbs 28:27 He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his entreaty, shall suffer indigence. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. that scattereth Proverbs 11:18 Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death. Proverbs 19:17 He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him. Proverbs 28:8 He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor. Deuteronomy 15:10 But thou shalt give to him: neither shalt thou do any thing craftily in relieving his necessities: that the Lord thy God may bless thee at all times, and in all things to which thou shalt put thy hand. Psalm 112:9 He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory. Ecclesiastes 11:1,2,6 Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again. . . . Luke 6:38 Give: and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. Acts 11:29,30 And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea. . . . 2 Corinthians 9:5-11 Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before and prepare this blessing before promised, to be ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness. . . . but Haggai 1:6,9-11 You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes. . . . Haggai 2:16-19 When you went to a heap of twenty bushels, and they became ten: and you went into the press, to press out fifty vessels, and they became twenty. . . . Context Dishonest Scales…23Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want. 24The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.25He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell.… Lexicon One gives freely,מְ֭פַזֵּר (mə·p̄az·zêr) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6340: To scatter yet gains וְנוֹסָ֥ף (wə·nō·w·sāp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment even more; ע֑וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more another withholds וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְ (wə·ḥō·w·śêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2820: To restrain, refrain, to refuse, spare, preserve, to observe what is right, מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר (mî·yō·šer) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3476: Straightness, uprightness only אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely to become poor. לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ (lə·maḥ·sō·wr) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4270: A need, thing needed, poverty Additional Translations One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty. There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but [it tendeth] only to want. There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. 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