Proverbs 11:24-31

New Living Translation

²⁴Give freely and become more wealthy;
be stingy and lose everything.

²⁵The generous will prosper;
those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

²⁶People curse those who hoard their grain,
but they bless the one who sells in time of need.

²⁷If you search for good, you will find favor;
but if you search for evil, it will find you!

²⁸Trust in your money and down you go!
But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.

²⁹Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
The fool will be a servant to the wise.

³⁰The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life;
a wise person wins friends.^[a]

³¹If the righteous are rewarded here on earth,
what will happen to wicked sinners?^[b]

11:30 Or and those who win souls are wise.
11:31 Greek version reads If the righteous are barely saved, / what will happen to godless sinners? Compare 1 Pet 4:18.

Proverbs 11:24-31

New International Version

²⁴One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

²⁵A generous^(A) person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.^(B)

²⁶People curse the one who hoards grain,
but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.

²⁷Whoever seeks good finds favor,
but evil comes to one who searches for it.^(C)

²⁸Those who trust in their riches will fall,^(D)
but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.^(E)

²⁹Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.^(F)

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,^(G)
and the one who is wise saves lives.

³¹If the righteous receive their due^(H) on earth,
how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

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New International Version (NIV)