Proverbes 11:24
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Context
This verse from Proverbes Chapter 11 connects to 10 cross-references. Proverbs on honesty, humility, righteousness, and generosity: dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord but accurate weights are his delight. Pride brings disgrace but with the humble is wisdom. The righteous who give liberally grow richer while those who …
Autres traductions
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
Références croisées
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall …
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men …
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea:
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with …
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and …
Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came …
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the …