Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
liberal soul--(Compare Margin).
made fat--prospers (Proverbs 28:25; Deuteronomy 32:15; Luke 6:38).
watereth . . . watered--a common figure for blessing.
The scope of the whole is a comment on Proverbs 11:23. Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Proverbs 3:9-10
Proverbs 28:25
Proverbs 28:27
Song of Solomon 1:8
2 Corinthians 9:7
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