Proverbs 22:9
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
בָרַךְ
bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
Key Terms in This Verse
טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →בָרַךְ bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
Study H1288 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →Cross References
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, a...
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