Proverbs 11:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 11:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 11:24 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 11:24 — KJV
“There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.”
— Proverbs 11:24 (KJV)
Proverbs 11:24 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 11:24
“And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.”
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“And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.”
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“And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. of the...: or, of the handmaids of my servants”
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“Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.”
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“Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. as if...: or, that was lothed as a small thing”
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