Proverbs 11:26
He that withdraweth the corne, the people will curse him: but blessing shalbe vpon the head of him that selleth corne.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
25The liberall person shall haue plentie: and he that watereth, shall also haue raine.
27He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him.
Cross References
Genesis 47:14And Ioseph gathered all the money, that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corne which they bought, and Ioseph layd vp the money in Pharaohs house.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are vpon the head of the righteous: but iniquitie shall couer the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 28:27He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many 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 →