Proverbs 11:24
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

Young's Literal Translation
There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

King James Bible
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

Hebrew
One gives freely,
מְ֭פַזֵּר (mə·p̄az·zêr)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6340: To scatter

yet gains
וְנוֹסָ֥ף (wə·nō·w·sāp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

even more;
ע֑וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

another withholds
וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְ (wə·ḥō·w·śêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2820: To restrain, refrain, to refuse, spare, preserve, to observe

what is right,
מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר (mî·yō·šer)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3476: Straightness, uprightness

only
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

to become poor.
לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ (lə·maḥ·sō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4270: A need, thing needed, poverty

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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