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 ^[a](A)generous man will be ^[b]prosperous,
And he who ^(B)waters will himself be watered.
²⁶ He who withholds grain, the ^(C)people will curse him,
But ^(D)blessing will be on the head of him who ^(E)sells it.

²² A good man ^(A)leaves an inheritance to his ^[a]children’s children,
And the ^(B)wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

²¹ He who ^(A)despises his neighbor sins,
But ^(B)happy is he who is gracious to the ^[a]poor.

¹⁶ A man’s ^(A)gift makes room for him
And brings him before great men.

¹⁷ One who ^(A)is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his ^[a](B)good deed.

¹³ He who ^(A)shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be ^(B)answered.

⁹ He who ^[a]is ^(A)generous will be blessed,
For he ^(B)gives some of his food to the poor.