Matthew Henry · Verse 24
A man may grow poor by not paying just debts, not relieving the poor, not allowing needful expenses. Let men be ever so saving of what they have, if God appoints, it comes to nothing.
Proverbs 11:24
There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
BSB
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
KJV
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
ASV
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] only to want.
BBE
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
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