Zhēnyán 22:9

9 Yǎnmù cí shàn de , jiù bì méng fú . yīn tā jiāng shíwù fēn gĕi qióngrén .

Zhēnyán 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Zhēnyán 22:9 In-Context

7 Fù hù guǎnxiá qióngrén , qiàn zhaì de shì zhaì zhǔ de púrén .

8 Sǎ zuìniè de , bì shōu zāihuò . tā chĕng nù de zhàng , yĕ bì feìdiào .

9 Yǎnmù cí shàn de , jiù bì méng fú . yīn tā jiāng shíwù fēn gĕi qióngrén .

10 Gǎn chū xiè màn rén , zhēng duān jiù xiāo chú , fèn zhēng hé xiūrǔ , yĕ bì zhǐxī .

11 Xǐaì qīng xīn de rén , yīn tā zuǐshang de ēn yán , wáng bì yǔ tā wèi yǒu .