Proverbs 11:26
Whoever hides away grain shall be cursed among the people. But a blessing is upon the head of those who sell it.
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In Context
25The soul that blesses shall be made fat. And whoever inebriates will likewise be inebriated himself.
Cross References
Genesis 47:14from which he gathered together all the money for the grain that they bought, and he took it into the treasury of the king.
Proverbs 10:6The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the just. But iniquity covers the mouth of the impious.
Proverbs 28:27Whoever gives to the poor shall not be in need. Whoever despises his petition will suffer scarcity.
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 →