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 want .
25 The generous man will be prosperous , And he who waters will himself be watered .
26 He who withholds grain , the people will curse him, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 11:24-26
Commentary on Proverbs 11:24
(Read Proverbs 11:24)
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.
Commentary on Proverbs 11:25
(Read Proverbs 11:25)
Both in temporal and spiritual things, God commonly deals with his people according to the measure by which they deal with their brethren.
Commentary on Proverbs 11:26
(Read Proverbs 11:26)
We must not hoard up the gifts of God's bounty, merely for our own advantage.