Proverbs 11:25
A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
BSB
ASV
The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
KJV
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
The soul that blesses will be enriched, etc. He who outwardly blesses by preaching receives inwardly the fatness of increase. And while he ceases not to drench the minds of his hearers with sacred discourse, he himself grows fat with the multiple drink of grace.
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 figure of prosperity, as leanness of misfortune Pro 13:4; Pro 28:25; Psa 22:29; Isa 10:16. Kindly acts come as the refreshing dew and soft rain from heaven upon a thirsty land.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
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Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
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Isaiah 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
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Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.