Proverbs 11:26
May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: 1 But blessing be on the head of him that gives it. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
25Every sincere soul is blessed: 1 But a passionate man is not graceful. 1
Cross References
Genesis 47:14And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan, in return for the corn which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharaoh.
Proverbs 10:6The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: 1 But untimely grief shall cover the mouth of the ungodly. 1
Proverbs 28:27He that gives to the poor shall not be in want: 1 But he that turns away his eye from him shall be in great distress. 1
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 →