The Meaning of Proverbs 11:24 Explained

Proverbs 11:24

KJV: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

YLT: There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

Darby: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.

ASV: There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 11:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

1  On Deception

What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:24 mean?

There is [one] who scatters and increases more yet and there is [one] who withholds more than is right but it [leads] to poverty
יֵ֣שׁ מְ֭פַזֵּר וְנוֹסָ֥ף ע֑וֹד וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְ מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר אַךְ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר

יֵ֣שׁ  There  is 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יֵשׁ  
Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are.
מְ֭פַזֵּר  [one]  who  scatters 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular
Root: פָּזַר  
Sense: to scatter, disperse.
וְנוֹסָ֥ף  and  increases  more 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
ע֑וֹד  yet 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְ  and  there  is  [one]  who  withholds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָשַׂךְ  
Sense: to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain.
מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר  more  than  is  right 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄשֶׁר  
Sense: straightness, uprightness.
אַךְ־  but  it  [leads] 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַךְ  
Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic).
לְמַחְסֽוֹר  to  poverty 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַחְסׄור  
Sense: need, poverty, thing needed.