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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Proverbs 11:25

Verse Proverbs 11:25. The liberal soul shall be made fat] He who gives to the distressed, in the true spirit of charity, shall get a hundred fold from God's mercy. How wonderful is the Lord! He gives the property, gives the heart to use it aright, and recompenses the man for the deed, though all the fruit was found from himself!

He that watereth] A man who distributes in the right spirit gets more good himself than the poor man does who receives the bounty. Thus it is more blessed to give than to receive.

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See also Proverbs 11:25 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LIBERAL SOUL - literally, “the soul that blesses,” i. e., gives freely and fully. The similitudes are both of them essentially Eastern. Fatness, the sleek, well filled look of health, becomes the figu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. MADE FAT. enriched. Illustrations: widow (1 Kings 17:10, &c); Shunammite (2 Kings 4:8; 2 Kings 4:37); Publius ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The liberal soul_ Lit. THE SOUL OF BLESSING (ψυχὴ εὐλογουμένη, LXX.); the soul that is ready to benefit and bless in will and deed. Comp. "a blessing" = "a gift," 2 Kings 5:15, and ὁ σπείρων ἐπʼ εὐλο...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 777 CHRISTIAN LIBERALITY ENCOURAGED Proverbs 11:25. _The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself_. IF only we be careful to divest our statements...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31 22. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion. 23. The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    11:25 soul (o-3) Lit. 'The blessing soul.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    There are many generous people who have great wealth. God has provided for them, so they provide for other people by their money. Then God provides the giver with more wealth, so that they can give ev...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    נֶֽפֶשׁ ־בְּרָכָ֥ה תְדֻשָּׁ֑ן וּ֝ מַרְוֶ֗ה גַּם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Himself. He shall receive abundantly, 2 Corinthians ix. 6. The beneficent shall be amply rewarded both in this world and in the next._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LIBERAL SOUL SHALL BE MADE FAT,.... Or, "the soul of blessing" c: that is, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the soul which blesseth"; not that merely prays for a blessing upon others, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. Ver. 25. _The liberal soul shall be made fat._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 5:7 _"_ and my "Common Place of Alms....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _There is that scattereth_ That giveth liberally of his goods to the poor; for so the word פזר, here used, signifies, Psalms 112:9; _and yet increaseth_ Through God's secret blessing on his estate; _a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 25. THE LIBERAL SOUL SHALL BE MADE FAT, being rewarded with blessings from the Lord; AND HE THAT WATERETH SHALL BE WATERED ALSO HIMSELF, that is, God will reward with a corresponding refreshing him...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE LIBERAL SOUL: _ Heb._ the soul of blessing...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LIBERAL SOUL, Heb. _the soul of blessing_; that man who is a blessing to others, who blesseth them, i.e. doeth good to them, as blessing is oft used for a gift, as Genesis 33:11 1 Samuel 25:27 2 C...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 11:25 generous H1293 soul H5315 rich H1878 (H8792) waters H7301 (H8688) watered H3384 (H8686)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT WILL BRING BLESSING AND PLENTY, BUT NIGGARDLINESS WILL BRING WANT AND CURSING (PROVERBS 11:24). We now have three proverbs in a minimal chiastic form which deal with the question...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    LIBERAL SOUL See ( 2Co_ 9:6-10)....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself._ THE WATERER WATERED The general principle is, that in living for the good of others, we shall be profited als...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:25. LIBERAL SOUL, “the soul of blessing,” _i.e._, “the soul that blesses others.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 11:24_ THE LIBERAL AND THE NIGGARDLY MAN...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Fat — Shall be enriched both with temporal and spiritual blessings....

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