Proverbs 11:25
“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The liberal soul shall be made fat,.... Or, "the soul of blessing" (c): that is, as the Vulgate Latin version renders…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Liberal soul - literally, “the soul that blesses,” i. e., gives freely and fully. The similitudes are both of them…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
So backward we are to works of charity, and so ready to think that giving undoes us, that we need to have it very much…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The liberal soul Lit. the soul of blessing (ψυχὴ εὐλογουμένη, LXX.); the soul that is ready to benefit and bless in will…
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