Proverbs 11:27

If you sincerely want to do what is right, people will respect you, but if you are wanting to cause trouble, trouble is what you will get.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

In Context

26People curse/despise someone who hoards his grain and does not sell it, waiting to get a higher/bigger price for it, but they praise someone who sells it when people need it, even when the price is not high.

28Those who trust in their money will disappear like the withered leaves that fall from the trees, but righteous people will keep going strong, like green leaves in the summer.

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Cross References

Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for hanging Mordecai! And then ◄the king’s anger cooled off/the king was no longer so angry►.

Psalms 9:15It is as though the wicked people of many nations have dug a pit for me to fall into [MET], but they have fallen into that same pit. It is as if they spread out a net to catch me [MET], but their feet have been caught in that same net.

Psalms 57:6It is as if [MET, HYP] my enemies spread a net to seize me, and I became very distressed [IDM]. It is as if [MET, HYP] they dug a deep pit along the path where I walk, but they themselves fell into it! (Think about that!)

Proverbs 22:9God will bless those who are generous [IDM], those who give some of their food to poor people.

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 →

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