Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Proverbs 11:25

“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”

Proverbs 11:25 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Proverbs 11:25, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Proverbs 11. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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

25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 8 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
  • 2 Corinthians 9:6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
  • Isaiah 58:7Is 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 th…
  • Matthew 25:34Then 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:
  • Isaiah 32:8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
  • Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
  • Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
  • Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

More to meet God in Proverbs

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How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.