Proverbs 22:9

9 qui pronus est ad misericordiam benedicetur de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi

Proverbs 22:9 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 22:9

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed
Or "a good eye" F25; who looks about him for proper objects to do good unto; looks pleasantly on them, and deals out cheerfully and bountifully to them; he shall be blessed with an increase of temporal good things, with spiritual blessings, and with eternal glory and happiness; when he does what he does from principles of grace, with a view to the glory of God, not depending on what he does, but upon the grace of God, and the righteousness of Christ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor;
what is his own and a part of it; not all, for he reserves some as he ought for himself and his; but he does not eat his morsel alone, he gives of it to the necessitous; his beneficent hand is a proof of his bountiful eye and liberal heart.


FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Nye bwj) "bonus oculus", Montanus, Vatablus, Cocceius; "bonus oculo", Junilus & Tremellius, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis, Schultens.

Proverbs 22:9 In-Context

7 dives pauperibus imperat et qui accipit mutuum servus est fenerantis
8 qui seminat iniquitatem metet mala et virga irae suae consummabitur
9 qui pronus est ad misericordiam benedicetur de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi
10 eice derisorem et exibit cum eo iurgium cessabuntque causae et contumeliae
11 qui diligit cordis munditiam propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem
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