WHO IS THE MAN WHO FEARS THE LORD?GIVER vs. TAKERTWO PERSPECTIVES ON GIVINGv5 - Willing Gift vs. Exactionv6 - Sparingly vs Bountifullyv7 - Reluctantly vs. Cheerful GiverHe has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever;
his horn is exalted in honor.
Even when this person hears a command coming from God, he hears it as a hopeful gift not a depleting demand. He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
no gratitude is felt for a [gift] when it has lingered long in the hands of him who gives it, when the giver has seemed sorry to let it go, and has given it with the air of one who was robbing himself. One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
The people curse him who holds back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.