Proverbs 11:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The liberalg soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. ”

• Proverbs 11:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group ( Proverbs 11:2-8 ; Proverbs 11:18-21 , and Prov...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - 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 ( Acts 28:7 ; Acts 28:8 ). Compare Phil...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - 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 stat...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. The liberal soul shall be made fat - He who gives to the distressed, in the true spirit of charity, shall get a...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - 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 commi...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth i...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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,...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - 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."

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• Proverbs 11:25 - 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;...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.       So backward we are to works of charity, and so ready to think that giving undoes us, that w...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Generosity Of Spirit Will Bring Blessing And Plenty, But Niggardliness Will Bring Want And Cursing ( Proverbs 11:24-26 ). We now have three proverbs in a minimal chiastic form which deal with the...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - 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 11:24-26 THE LIBERAL AND THE NIG...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Scofield Reference Notes

  liberal soul See ( 2Co_ 9:6-10).

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Proverbs 11:25 I. The theory can be submitted to a practical test. II. All true getting is based upon true giving. III. Self-care is self-defeat. We must work for others if we would be truly ble...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - 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...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - 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...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13 , Deuteronomy 25:14 and Leviticus...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 refreshin...

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Isaiah 32:8 ; Isaiah 58:7-11 ; Job 29:13-18 ; Job 31:16-20 ; Matthew 25:34 ; Matthew 25:35 ; Matthew 5:7 ; Proverbs 28:27

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• Proverbs 11:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

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