Proverbios 22:9

9 El que es generoso[a] será bendecido,pues comparte su comida con los pobres.

Proverbios 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.

Proverbios 22:9 In-Context

7 Los ricos son los amos de los pobres;los deudores son esclavos de sus acreedores.
8 El que siembra maldad cosecha desgracias;el SEÑOR lo destruirá con el cetro de su ira.
9 El que es generoso será bendecido,pues comparte su comida con los pobres.
10 Despide al insolente, y se irá la discordiay cesarán los pleitos y los insultos.
11 El que ama la pureza de corazón y tiene gracia al hablartendrá por amigo al rey.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "El que es generoso" . Lit. "El buen ojo" .
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