Proverbs 11:26
He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.
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25He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.
Cross References
Genesis 47:14And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.
Proverbs 28:27He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:26
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. So backward we are to works of charity, and so ready to think that giving undoes us, that we need to have it very much pressed upon us how much it is for our own advantage to do good to others, as before, v. 17 . 1. We shall have the comfort of it in our own bosoms: The liberal soul, the soul of blessing, that prays for the afflicted and provides for them, that scatters blessings with gracious lips and generous hands, that… Read the whole commentary →