24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.

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24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

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17 One who (A)is gracious to a poor person lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his [a](B)good deed.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:17 Or benefits

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,(A)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.(B)

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