Proverbs 11:26
Whoever is withholding grain, the people execrate him, || And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
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25A liberal soul is made fat, || And whoever is watering, he also is watered.
Cross References
Genesis 47:14and Joseph gathers all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain that they are buying, and Joseph brings the silver into the house of Pharaoh.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings [are] for the head of the righteous, || And the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Proverbs 28:27Whoever is giving to the poor has no lack, || And whoever is hiding his eyes multiplied 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 →