Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Proverbs 11:27
good [and] mischief—that is, of others.
procureth . . . seeketh—implying success.
Proverbs 11:24-31
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.
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