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 poverty.
²⁵ A ^[a](A)generous person will be ^[b]prosperous,
And one who ^(B)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.
²⁶ One 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 person ^(A)leaves an inheritance to his ^[a]grandchildren,
And the ^(B)wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

²¹ One who ^(A)despises his neighbor sins,
But ^(B)one who is gracious to the ^[a]poor is blessed.

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