Proverbs 11:25

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

Related Commentaries of 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,...
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...
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 );...
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 h...
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 dist...
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 frau...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that water...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
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, a...
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 expectati...
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 ble...
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";...
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...
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 increa...
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, a...
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...
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 prover...
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 PARAGRA...
Scofield Reference Notes

liberal soul See ( 2Co_ 9:6-10).
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...
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...
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 l...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deute...
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...
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

²⁵ The liberalg soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 11:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 11:25