Pro 11:24-25, 19:17, 21:26, 22:9, Ecc 8:16, Isa 58:7-10, Eze 11:1-2 | ESV | STEP | One gives freely, yet grows all the richer ; another withholds what he should give , and only suffers want .

x[See ver. 8 above]

Proverbs 11:24-25

24 ^aOne gives ^bfreely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 ^cWhoever brings blessing ^dwill be enriched,
and ^eone who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs 19:17

17 ^fWhoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he ^gwill repay him for his ^hdeed.

Proverbs 21:26

26 All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous ⁱgives and does not hold back.

Proverbs 22:9

9 ^jWhoever has a bountiful ^{▼▼Hebrew good} eye will be blessed,
for he ^lshares his bread with the poor.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see ^mthe business that is done on earth, how neither ⁿday nor night do one’s eyes see sleep,

Isaiah 58:7-10

7 Is it not ^oto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
^pand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 ^qThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
^rand your healing shall spring up speedily;
^syour righteousness shall go before you;
^tthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away ^uthe yoke from your midst,
^vthe pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 ^wif you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
^xthen shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.

Ezekiel 11:1-2

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

1 ^yThe Spirit lifted me up and brought me to ^zthe east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were ^aatwenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah ^abthe son of Azzur, and ^acPelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And he said to me, ^ad“Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;