Proverbs 11:27
If you look to do good, you'll be appreciated; but if you look for evil, you'll find it!
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26People curse those who hoard grain; but they bless those who sell.
28If you trust in your riches, you'll fall; but if you do good, you'll flourish like green leaves.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they impaled Haman on the pole that he had set up for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king died down.
Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into their own pit they dug; their feet are trapped by their own net they set.
Psalms 57:6They set a trap to catch me. I was so depressed. They dug a pit on my path but they were the ones who fell into it. Selah.
Proverbs 22:9If you're generous, you'll be blessed, for you share your food with those in need.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:27
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. See here, 1. What use we are to make of the gifts of God's bounty; we must not hoard them up merely for our own advantage, that we may be enriched by them, but we must bring them forth for the benefit of others, that they may be supported and maintained by them. It is a sin, when corn is dear and scarce, to withhold it, in hopes that it will still grow dearer, so to keep up and advance the market,… Read the whole commentary →