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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:25 Lit soul of blessing
  2. Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat