²⁴ One person gives freely,
yet gains more;^(A)
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.^(B)

²⁵ A generous person will be enriched,^(C)
and the one who gives a drink of water
will receive water.^(D)

⁹ A generous person^[a] will be blessed,^(A)
for he shares his food with the poor.^(B)

⁶ Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,^[a](A)
and don’t desire his choice food,^(B)

¹⁴ The one who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.^(A)

²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,^(A)
22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.^(B)

²⁷ The one who gives to the poor
will not be in need,
but one who turns his eyes away^[a]
will receive many curses.^(A)