Proverbs 22:9

9 He who is generous is blessed, because he shares his food with the poor.

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 The rich rule the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 He who sows injustice reaps trouble, and the rod of his angry outburst will fail.
9 He who is generous is blessed, because he shares his food with the poor.
10 Throw the scoffer out, and quarreling goes too; strife and insults cease.
11 He who loves the pure-hearted and is gracious in speech will have the king as his friend.
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