
Text -- Proverbs 22:9 (NET)




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Wesley -> Pro 22:9
Who looks upon the wants and miseries of others with compassion.
That is, a beneficent disposition.
Clarke -> Pro 22:9
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
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:...
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 11:1, Ecc 11:2; Isa 32:8, Isa 58:7-12; Mat 20:15, Mat 25:34-40; Mar 7:22; Luk 6:35-38; Act 20:35; 2Co 8:1, 2Co 8:2, 2Co 9:6-11; 1Ti 6:18, 1Ti 6:19; Heb 6:10, Heb 13:16; 1Pe 4:9

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Barnes -> Pro 22:9
Poole -> Pro 22:9
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
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
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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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
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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MHCC -> Pro 22:9
Matthew Henry -> Pro 22:9
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
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; Pro 19:1--22:17
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...
