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New Living Translation

Proverbs 19:17

If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord — and he will repay you!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lending;   Liberality;   Poor;   Thompson Chain Reference - Needy, the;   Poor, the;   Poverty-Riches;   Social Duties;   The Topic Concordance - Charity;   Lending;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Compassion and Sympathy;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Giving;   Mercy;   Poor;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mercy, Merciful;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alms, Almsgiving;   Debt;   Pity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Almsgiving ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alms;   Poor;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Usury;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Compassion;   Lend;   Pity;   Poor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Compassion;   Didascalia;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for April 21;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
He who is gracious to a poor man lends to Yahweh,And He will repay him for his bountiful deed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, And He will repay him for his good deed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne.
Darby Translation
He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
New King James Version
He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, And He will pay back what he has given.
Literal Translation
He who has pity on the poor lends to Jehovah, and He will repay his dealing to him.
Easy-to-Read Version
Giving help to the poor is like loaning money to the Lord . He will pay you back for your kindness.
World English Bible
He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; He will reward him.
King James Version (1611)
Hee that hath pity vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord; and that which he hath giuen, will he pay him againe.
King James Version
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord ; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.
THE MESSAGE
Mercy to the needy is a loan to God , and God pays back those loans in full.
Amplified Bible
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the LORD, And the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
American Standard Version
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
Bible in Basic English
He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
Update Bible Version
He that has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh, And his good deed he will pay him again.
Webster's Bible Translation
He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
New English Translation
The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord , and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
Contemporary English Version
Caring for the poor is lending to the Lord , and you will be well repaid.
Complete Jewish Bible
He who is kind to the poor is lending to Adonai ; and he will repay him for his good deed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and the Lorde will recompense him that which he hath giuen.
George Lamsa Translation
He who has pity upon the poor is a companion of the LORD; and he shall be repaid according to his works.
Hebrew Names Version
He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; He will reward him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that is gracious unto the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and his good deed will He repay unto him.
New Life Bible
He who shows kindness to a poor man gives to the Lord and He will pay him in return for his good act.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; and he will recompense to him according to his gift.
English Revised Version
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, and his good deed will he pay him again.
Berean Standard Bible
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
New Revised Standard
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord , and will be repaid in full.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.
Lexham English Bible
He who lends to Yahweh is he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.
English Standard Version
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord , and he will repay him for his deed.
New American Standard Bible
One who is gracious to a poor person lends to the LORD, And He will repay him for his good deed.
New Century Version
Being kind to the poor is like lending to the Lord ; he will reward you for what you have done.
Good News Translation
When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the Lord , and the Lord will pay you back.
Christian Standard Bible®
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord , and He will give a reward to the lender.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that hath mercy on a pore man, leeneth to the Lord; and he schal yelde his while to hym.
Revised Standard Version
He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.
Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is lending [to] Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

Contextual Overview

17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord — and he will repay you!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that hath: Proverbs 14:21, Proverbs 28:8, Proverbs 28:27, 2 Samuel 12:6, Ecclesiastes 11:1

lendeth: Proverbs 11:24, Proverbs 11:25, Proverbs 28:27, Deuteronomy 15:7-14, Isaiah 58:7-11, Matthew 10:41, Matthew 10:42, Matthew 25:40, 2 Corinthians 9:6-8, Philippians 4:17, Hebrews 6:10

that which he hath given: or, his deed

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:20 - God Leviticus 25:35 - thy brother Deuteronomy 14:29 - that the Lord Deuteronomy 23:20 - that the Deuteronomy 24:19 - may bless Ruth 2:16 - General Job 22:7 - not given Job 30:25 - was Psalms 41:1 - Blessed Psalms 112:9 - dispersed Proverbs 3:10 - General Proverbs 14:31 - but Proverbs 22:9 - He that hath a bountiful eye Proverbs 31:20 - she reacheth Matthew 5:7 - are Matthew 5:42 - General Matthew 6:2 - when Matthew 25:35 - I was an Luke 6:30 - Give Luke 6:35 - love Luke 6:38 - and it Luke 10:35 - whatsoever Luke 11:41 - rather Luke 14:14 - for thou Luke 16:9 - Make Acts 2:45 - parted Acts 20:35 - It is Romans 12:16 - condescend to men of low estate 2 Corinthians 8:10 - expedient 1 John 3:17 - whoso

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 18:22
The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the Lord remained with Abraham.
Genesis 19:13
For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the Lord , and he has sent us to destroy it."
Genesis 19:14
So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters' fiancés, "Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to destroy it." But the young men thought he was only joking.
Genesis 19:15
At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. "Hurry," they said to Lot. "Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!"
Genesis 19:16
When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful.
Genesis 19:18
"Oh no, my lord!" Lot begged.
Genesis 19:22
But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there." (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means "little place.")
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:31
One day the older daughter said to her sister, "There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can't get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that hath pity unto the poor lendeth unto the Lord,.... A man, whose heart is full of compassion to the poor, and whose hands distribute to their necessities, from a true principle of love and charity to men, and with a view to the glory of God, and not from any selfish principle and with a end; such a man's gift to the poor is a loan to the Lord; it is not cast away upon the creature, but is a "depositum" in the hands of God, and shall be returned with advantage;

and that which he hath given will, he pay him again; either in this life, in things temporal and spiritual, increasing his worldly substance, blessing his posterity, granting him larger measures of grace, indulging him with his gracious presence, and giving him peace of mind, which passeth all understanding; or in the world to come; not as a reward of debt, but of grace; see Ecclesiastes 11:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Note the original greatness of the thought. We give to the poor. Have we lost our gift? No, what we gave, we have lent to One who will repay with usury. Compare the yet nobler truth of our Lord’s teaching Matthew 25:40.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:17. Lendeth unto the Lord — O what a word is this! God makes himself debtor for every thing that is given to the poor! Who would not advance much upon such credit? God will pay it again. And in no case has he ever forfeited his word.


 
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