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There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Withholds more than is fitting - that is, is sparing and miserly where he should give. The contrast is stated in the form of a paradox, to w…
19th Century
Anglican
There is that scattereth— that is, with bounteous hand (), and yet increaseth in wealth and blessings (…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth That scatters "his own", as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and …
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