Proverbi 22:9

9 L’uomo che è d’occhio benigno sarà benedetto; Perciocchè egli ha dato del suo pane al povero.

Proverbi 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.

Proverbi 22:9 In-Context

7 Il ricco signoreggia sopra i poveri; E chi prende in prestanza è servo del prestatore.

8 Chi semina iniquità mieterà vanità; E la verga della sua indegnazione verrà meno.

9 L’uomo che è d’occhio benigno sarà benedetto; Perciocchè egli ha dato del suo pane al povero.

10 Caccia lo schernitore, e le contese usciranno fuori; E le liti, ed i vituperi cesseranno.

11 Chi ama la purità del cuore Avrà il re per amico, per la grazia delle sue labbra.