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recompense <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to deal out to, do to <BR> 1a2) to deal bountifully with <BR> 1a3) to recompense, repay, requite <BR> 2) (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned <BR> 3) (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)">1580</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1580.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1580 -- Occurrence 28 of 37">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">גֹּמֵ֣ל<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/gomel_1580.htm" title="go·Mel: does -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">gō-mêl</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Does good</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular">V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion <BR> 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man <BR> 1b) living being <BR> 1c) living being (with life in the blood) <BR> 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual <BR> 1e) seat of the appetites <BR> 1f) seat of emotions and passions <BR> 1g) activity of mind <BR> 1g1) dubious <BR> 1h) activity of the will <BR> 1h1) dubious <BR> 1i) activity of the character <BR> 1i1) dubious">5315</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5315 -- Occurrence 527 of 754">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">נַ֭פְשׁוֹ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/nafsho_5315.htm" title="naf·sho: himself -- Occurrence 46 of 84.">nap̄-šōw</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">for his own soul</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular construct :: third person masculine singular">N-fsc | 3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man <BR> 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) <BR> 1b) husband <BR> 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) <BR> 1d) servant <BR> 1e) mankind <BR> 1f) champion <BR> 1g) great man <BR> 2) whosoever <BR> 3) each (adjective)">376</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 376 -- Occurrence 1552 of 2006">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אִ֣ישׁ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ish_376.htm" title="'ish: man -- Occurrence 859 of 1097.">’îš</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the man</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct">N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2617: 1) goodness, kindness, faithfulness <BR> 2) a reproach, shame">2617</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2617 -- Occurrence 207 of 247">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">חָ֑סֶד<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chased_2617.htm" title="Cha·sed;: the merciful -- Occurrence 11 of 12.">ḥā-seḏ;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">merciful</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5916.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5916: 1) to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (someone) taboo <BR> 1a) (Qal) to disturb, trouble <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be disturbed, be stirred up <BR> 1b2) disturbance, calamity (participle)">5916</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5916.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5916 -- Occurrence 11 of 14">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְעֹכֵ֥ר<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/veocher_5916.htm" title="ve·'o·Cher: does -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">wə-‘ō-ḵêr</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">but troubles</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular">Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7607.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7607: 1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman <BR> 1a) flesh <BR> 1a1) as food<BR> 1a2) for physical power (fig) <BR> 1b) flesh relation, blood relation <BR> 1c) self">7607</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7607.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7607 -- Occurrence 13 of 16">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ero_7607.htm" title="e·Ro,: himself -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">’ê-rōw,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">his own flesh</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct :: third person masculine singular">N-msc | 3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/394.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 394: 1) cruel">394</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_394.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 394 -- Occurrence 2 of 8">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אַכְזָרִֽי׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/achzari_394.htm" title="'ach·za·Ri.: the cruel -- Occurrence 1 of 7.">’aḵ-zā-rî.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">[he who is] cruel</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Adjective - masculine singular">Adj-ms</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script 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life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion ">נַ֭פְשֹׁו</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/376.htm" title="ish: man -- 376: man">אִ֣ישׁ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2617.htm" title="cha·sed;: the merciful -- 2617: goodness, kindness">חָ֑סֶד</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5916.htm" title="ve·'o·cher: does -- 5916: to stir up, disturb, trouble">וְעֹכֵ֥ר</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7607.htm" title="e·rov: himself -- 7607: flesh">אֵרֹ֗ו</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/394.htm" title="ach·za·ri.: the cruel -- 394: cruel">אַכְזָרִֽי׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/proverbs/11.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2617.htm" title="checed (kheh'-sed) -- favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity">The merciful</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/376.htm" title="'iysh (eesh) -- also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow">man</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1580.htm" title="gamal (gaw-mal') -- bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, + serve, mean, yield">doeth good</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5315.htm" title="nephesh (neh'-fesh) -- any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire">to his own soul</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/394.htm" title="'akzariy (ak-zawr-ree') -- cruel (one)">but he that is cruel</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5916.htm" title="akar (aw-kar') -- trouble, stir">troubleth</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7607.htm" title="sh'er (sheh-ayr') -- body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin)">his own flesh</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/11.htm">משלי 11:17 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">גֹּמֵ֣ל נַ֭פְשֹׁו אִ֣ישׁ חָ֑סֶד וְעֹכֵ֥ר אֵרֹ֗ו אַכְזָרִֽי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/11.htm">משלי 11:17 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">גמל נפשו איש חסד ועכר ארו אכזרי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/11.htm">משלי 11:17 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">גמל נפשו איש חסד ועכר ארו אכזרי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/11.htm">משלי 11:17 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">גמל נפשו איש חסד ועכר שארו אכזרי׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/proverbs/11-17.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/11.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />The merciful man does himself good, But the cruel man does himself harm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but <i>he that is</i> cruel troubleth his own flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings disaster on himself. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">merciful</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/41-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 41:1-4</span> Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/112-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 112:4-9</span> To the upright there rises light in the darkness: he is gracious, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 32:7,8</span> The instruments also of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 57:1</span> The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 58:7-12</span> Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/daniel/4-27.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Daniel 4:27</span> Why, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Matthew 5:7</span> Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/matthew/6-14.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Matthew 6:14,15</span> For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/matthew/25-34.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Matthew 25:34-40</span> Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/luke/6-38.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Luke 6:38</span> Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">2 Corinthians 9:6-14</span> But this I say, He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/philippians/4-17.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Philippians 4:17</span> Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.</a></p><p class="hdg">but</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 15:27</span> He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/job/20-19.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Job 20:19-23</span> Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ecclesiastes 4:8</span> There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/james/2-13.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">James 2:13</span> For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">James 5:1-5</span> Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/proverbs/11-17.htm">Proverbs 11:17</a> • <a 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