Proverbs 11:26
People curse those who hoard grain; but they bless those who sell.
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In Context
27If you look to do good, you'll be appreciated; but if you look for evil, you'll find it!
Cross References
Genesis 47:14By selling grain Joseph collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and placed it in Pharaoh's treasury.
Proverbs 10:6Those who are good are blessed, but what the wicked say hides their violent nature.
Proverbs 28:27If you give to the poor, you won't be in need; but if you look the other way, you'll have 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 →