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Proverbs 11:25 — The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be…
“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”
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The verses around Proverbs 11:25.
23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
26He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Verse explanation
Uses the image of watering a field: whoever helps others generously also ends up being helped — generosity returns to whoever practices it.
From the Proverbs 11 study in Bible in Stories.
Proverbs 11:25 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
A alma abençoante engordará, e o que regar, elle tambem será regado.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
A alma generosa prosperará, e aquele que saciar também será saciado.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Si eres generoso te volverás rico; dale a los demás un vaso de agua y recibirás uno también.
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- Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over…
- Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words…
- Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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