King James Version
Proverbs 11:25 in the King James Version says “The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. liberal: Heb. soul of blessing” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. liberal: Heb. soul of blessing”
Proverbs 11:25 · KJV
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. liberal: Heb. soul of blessing
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
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“soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“shall be made fat”
H1878to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“shall be watered”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
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