BE KIND AND GIVE
Key verse: 18
NIV
16 A kindhearted woman gains honor,(A)
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
17 Those who are kind benefit themselves,
but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(B)
20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(E)
but he delights(F) in those whose ways are blameless.(G)
21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
but those who are righteous will go free.(H)
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.
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.(K)
28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(L)
but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(M)
29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.(N)
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(O)
and the one who is wise saves lives.
31 If the righteous receive their due(P) on earth,
how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
Cross references
- Proverbs 11:16 : Pr 31:31
- Proverbs 11:18 : S Ex 1:20; S Job 4:8; Hos 10:12-13
- Proverbs 11:19 : S Dt 30:15; S Pr 10:2
- Proverbs 11:19 : 1Sa 2:6; Ps 89:48; Pr 1:18-19; Ecc 7:2; Jer 43:11
- Proverbs 11:20 : Pr 3:32
- Proverbs 11:20 : S Nu 14:8
- Proverbs 11:20 : S 1Ch 29:17; S Ps 15:2; 101:1-4; S 119:1; Pr 12:2, 22; 15:9
- Proverbs 11:21 : Pr 16:5
- Proverbs 11:25 : 1Ch 29:17; Isa 32:8
- Proverbs 11:25 : Pr 22:9; 2Co 9:6-9
- Proverbs 11:27 : Ps 7:15-16
- Proverbs 11:28 : Job 31:24-28; S Ps 49:6; S 52:7; 62:10; Jer 9:23; 48:7
- Proverbs 11:28 : Ps 52:8; 92:12-14
- Proverbs 11:29 : Pr 14:19
- Proverbs 11:30 : S Ge 2:9; S Pr 10:11
- Proverbs 11:31 : Jer 25:29; 49:12; 1Pe 4:18
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ESV
16 (A)A gracious woman gets honor,
and (B)violent men get riches.
17 (C)A man who is kind benefits himself,
but a cruel man hurts himself.
18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
but one who (D)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
19 Whoever is steadfast in righteousness (E)will live,
but (F)he who pursues evil will die.
20 Those of (G)crooked heart are (H)an abomination to the Lord,
but those of (I)blameless ways are (J)his delight.
21 (K)Be assured, (L)an evil person will not go unpunished,
but (M)the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
22 Like (N)a gold ring in a pig's snout
is a beautiful woman without discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
(O)the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
24 (P)One gives (Q)freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 (R)Whoever brings blessing (S)will be enriched,
and (T)one who waters will himself be watered.
26 (U)The people curse him who holds back grain,
but (V)a blessing is on the head of him who (W)sells it.
27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,[a]
but evil comes to (X)him who searches for it.
28 Whoever (Y)trusts in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will (Z)flourish like a green leaf.
29 Whoever (AA)troubles his own household will (AB)inherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous is (AC)a tree of life,
and whoever (AD)captures souls is wise.
31 If (AE)the righteous is repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:27 Or acceptance
Cross references
- Proverbs 11:16 : [ch. 31:30]
- Proverbs 11:16 : [Luke 11:21]
- Proverbs 11:17 : [Matt. 5:7]; See Matt. 25:34-40
- Proverbs 11:18 : Hos. 10:12; Gal. 6:8, 9; [James 3:18]
- Proverbs 11:19 : ch. 10:16; 19:23
- Proverbs 11:19 : [Rom. 6:23; Gal. 6:8]
- Proverbs 11:20 : [ch. 17:20]
- Proverbs 11:20 : ch. 12:22; 16:5
- Proverbs 11:20 : ch. 13:6; Ps. 119:1
- Proverbs 11:20 : 1 Chr. 29:17
- Proverbs 11:21 : ch. 16:5
- Proverbs 11:21 : ch. 12:7; [Ps. 37:2, 9]; See Isa. 28:15-18
- Proverbs 11:21 : See Ps. 112:2
- Proverbs 11:22 : [Gen. 24:47; Isa. 3:21; Ezek. 16:12]
- Proverbs 11:23 : Rom. 2:8, 9
- Proverbs 11:24 : ch. 13:7
- Proverbs 11:24 : Ps. 37:21; 112:9; [ch. 19:17]
- Proverbs 11:25 : See 2 Cor. 9:6-11
- Proverbs 11:25 : ch. 13:4; 28:25
- Proverbs 11:25 : [Matt. 7:2]
- Proverbs 11:26 : ch. 24:24
- Proverbs 11:26 : [Job 29:13]
- Proverbs 11:26 : [Gen. 42:6]
- Proverbs 11:27 : See Ps. 7:16
- Proverbs 11:28 : See Ps. 49:6
- Proverbs 11:28 : Jer. 17:8; See Ps. 92:12
- Proverbs 11:29 : ch. 15:27
- Proverbs 11:29 : [Eccles. 5:16]
- Proverbs 11:30 : See ch. 3:18
- Proverbs 11:30 : Dan. 12:3; James 5:20; See 1 Cor. 9:19-22
- Proverbs 11:31 : [Jer. 25:29; 1 Pet. 4:18]
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Prayer: Lord, you reward each according to what he sows. Let me be kind and give like my Lord and bear the fruit of life.
One Word: Be kind, give and win souls