THEOSISProverbs 22:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents, shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
טֽוֹב־עַ֭יִן ה֣וּא יְבֹרָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־נָתַ֖ן מִלַּחְמ֣וֹ לַדָּֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 19:17He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.
- Heb 6:10For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered and do minister to the saints.
- 1 Tim 6:18To do good, to be rich in good work, to give easily, to communicate to others,
- 1 Tim 6:19To lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.
- 1 Pet 4:9Using hospitality one towards another, without murmuring,
- Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.
- Heb 13:16And do not forget to do good and to impart: for by such sacrifices God's favour is obtained.
- Isa 58:7Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh.