Proverbs 11:26
The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
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In Context
25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
27He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.
Cross References
Genesis 47:14Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 28:27Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
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 →