Proverbs 11:24
One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
In context
21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free. 22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath. 24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
25 A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. 26 People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell. 27 Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 11:24 in the KJV
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 11:24 in the ESV
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.