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Text -- Proverbs 22:9 (NET)

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22:9 A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: WISDOM | Poor | Liberality | EYE | Beneficence | BOUNTIFULNESS; BOUNTY | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Pro 22:9 - -- Who looks upon the wants and miseries of others with compassion.

Who looks upon the wants and miseries of others with compassion.

JFB: Pro 22:9 - -- That is, a beneficent disposition.

That is, a beneficent disposition.

JFB: Pro 22:9 - -- His acts prove it.

His acts prove it.

Clarke: Pro 22:9 - -- A bountiful eye - One that disposes him to help all that he sees to be in want; the bountiful eye means the bountiful heart; for the heart looks thr...

A bountiful eye - One that disposes him to help all that he sees to be in want; the bountiful eye means the bountiful heart; for the heart looks through the eye. The merciful heart, even when the hand has little or nothing to give, shall be blessed of the Lord.

TSK: Pro 22:9 - -- He that hath a bountiful eye : Heb. Good of eye, Pro 11:25, Pro 19:17, Pro 21:13; Deu 15:7-11, Deu 28:56; Job 31:16-20; Psa 41:1-3; Psa 112:9; Ecc 11:...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Pro 22:9 - -- He that hath a bountiful eye - literally, as in the margin, contrasted with the "evil eye"of Pro 28:22.

He that hath a bountiful eye - literally, as in the margin, contrasted with the "evil eye"of Pro 28:22.

Poole: Pro 22:9 - -- He that hath a bountiful eye Heb. a good eye , he who looks upon the wants and miseries of others with compassion and kindness, as this phrase is us...

He that hath a bountiful eye Heb. a good eye , he who looks upon the wants and miseries of others with compassion and kindness, as this phrase is used, Mat 20:15 ; as an evil eye is put for one that beholds others with envy and unmercifulness, Deu 15:9 Pro 23:6 28:22

Shall be blessed both by God and men.

Haydock: Pro 22:9 - -- Is. Hebrew, "has a good eye," in opposition to the evil, or malicious one, Matthew xx. 15. --- He, &c., is not in Hebrew, or in the Latin editio...

Is. Hebrew, "has a good eye," in opposition to the evil, or malicious one, Matthew xx. 15. ---

He, &c., is not in Hebrew, or in the Latin edition of Comp. and St. Jerome.

Gill: Pro 22:9 - -- He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed,.... Or "a good eye" y; who looks about him for proper objects to do good unto; looks pleasantly on them...

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed,.... Or "a good eye" y; who looks about him for proper objects to do good unto; looks pleasantly on them, and deals out cheerfully and bountifully to them; he shall be blessed with an increase of temporal good things, with spiritual blessings, and with eternal glory and happiness; when he does what he does from principles of grace, with a view to the glory of God, not depending on what he does, but upon the grace of God, and the righteousness of Christ;

for he giveth of his bread to the poor; what is his own and a part of it; not all, for he reserves some as he ought for himself and his; but he does not eat his morsel alone, he gives of it to the necessitous; his beneficent hand is a proof of his bountiful eye and liberal heart.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 22:9 It is from his own food that he gives to the poor. Of the many observations that could be made, it is worth noting that in blessing this kind of perso...

Geneva Bible: Pro 22:9 He that hath a bountiful ( f ) eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. ( f ) He that is merciful and liberal.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

MHCC: Pro 22:9 - --He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of others shall be blessed.

Matthew Henry: Pro 22:9 - -- Here is, 1. The description of a charitable man; he has a bountiful eye, opposed to the evil eye (Pro 23:6) and the same with the single eye (Ma...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 22:9 - -- 9 He who is friendly is blessed; Because he giveth of his bread to the poor. The thought is the same as at Pro 11:25. טוב עין (thus to be w...

Constable: Pro 10:1--22:17 - --II. COUPLETS EXPRESSING WISDOM 10:1--22:16 Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that Solomon eviden...

Constable: Pro 19:1--22:17 - --4. Further advice for pleasing God 19:1-22:16 As was true in the chapter 10-15 section, this one (16:1-22:16) also becomes more difficult to outline a...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE NATURE AND USE OF PROVERBS.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations ...

TSK: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The wisdom of all ages, from the highest antiquity, has chosen to compress and communicate its lessons in short, compendious sentences, and in poetic ...

TSK: Proverbs 22 (Chapter Introduction) Overview

Poole: Proverbs 22 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 22

MHCC: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. ...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use o...

Constable: Proverbs (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is "The Proverbs of Solo...

Constable: Proverbs (Outline) Outline I. Discourses on wisdom chs. 1-9 A. Introduction to the book 1:1-7 ...

Constable: Proverbs Proverbs Bibliography Aitken, Kenneth T. Proverbs. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. Alden...

Haydock: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. INTRODUCTION. This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences, regulating the morals of men; and...

Gill: Proverbs (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS This book is called, in some printed Hebrew copies, "Sepher Mishle", the Book of Proverbs; the title of it in the Vulgate ...

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