Proverbs 11:26
Him that withholdeth corn, the people will denounce; but blessing will be heaped upon the head of the one that selleth it.
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Genesis 47:14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings come upon the head of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor will not have any want; but he that hideth his eyes will have an abundance of 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 →