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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 11:17 — The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.
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Psa 41:1 |
[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. |
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Psa 41:2 |
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. |
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Psa 41:3 |
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. |
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Psa 41:4 |
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. |
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Psa 112:4 |
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. |
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Psa 112:5 |
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. |
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Psa 112:6 |
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. |
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Psa 112:7 |
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. |
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Psa 112:8 |
His heart [is] established, he shall not be afraid, until he see [his desire] upon his enemies. |
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Psa 112:9 |
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. |
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Isa 32:7 |
The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. |
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Isa 32:8 |
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. |
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Isa 57:1 |
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]. |
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Isa 58:7 |
[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? |
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Isa 58:8 |
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. |
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Isa 58:9 |
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; |
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Isa 58:10 |
And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday: |
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Isa 58:11 |
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. |
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Isa 58:12 |
And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. |
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Dan 4:27 |
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. |
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Mat 5:7 |
Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. |
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Mat 6:14 |
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: |
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Mat 6:15 |
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. |
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Mat 25:34 |
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: |
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Mat 25:35 |
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: |
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Mat 25:36 |
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. |
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Mat 25:37 |
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink? |
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Mat 25:38 |
When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? |
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Mat 25:39 |
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? |
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Mat 25:40 |
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me. |
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Luk 6:38 |
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. |
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2Cr 9:6 |
But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. |
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2Cr 9:7 |
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. |
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2Cr 9:8 |
And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work: |
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2Cr 9:9 |
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. |
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2Cr 9:10 |
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) |
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Phl 4:17 |
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. |
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Pro 15:27 |
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. |
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Job 20:19 |
Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; |
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Job 20:20 |
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. |
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Job 20:21 |
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. |
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Job 20:22 |
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. |
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Job 20:23 |
[When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating. |
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Ecc 4:8 |
There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail. |
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Jam 2:13 |
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. |
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Jam 5:1 |
Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. |
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Jam 5:2 |
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. |
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Jam 5:3 |
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. |
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Jam 5:4 |
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. |
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Jam 5:5 |
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 11:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/11/17.html>.
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