Proverbs 11:24-31

24 ¹One gives ²freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

25 ³Whoever brings blessing ⁴will be enriched, and ⁵one who waters will himself be watered.

26 ⁶The people curse him who holds back grain, but ⁷a blessing is on the head of him who ⁸sells it.

27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,^[a] but evil comes to ⁹him who searches for it.

28 Whoever ¹⁰trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will ¹¹flourish like a green leaf.

29 Whoever ¹²troubles his own household will ¹³inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

30 The fruit of the righteous is ¹⁴a tree of life, and whoever ¹⁵captures souls is wise.

31 If ¹⁶the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 13:7
• 2. Psalms 37:21; Psalms 112:9; [Proverbs 19:17]
• 3. See 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
• 4. Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 28:25
• 5. [Matthew 7:2]
• 6. Proverbs 24:24
• 7. [Job 29:13]
• 8. [Genesis 42:6]
• 9. See Psalms 7:16
• 10. See Psalms 49:6
• 11. Jeremiah 17:8; See Psalms 92:12
• 12. Proverbs 15:27
• 13. [Ecclesiastes 5:16]
• 14. See Proverbs 3:18
• 15. Daniel 12:3; James 5:20; See 1 Corinthians 9:19-22
• 16. [Jeremiah 25:29; 1 Peter 4:18]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or acceptance