Proverbs 11:27
He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
28He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.
Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
Psalms 57:6They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.
Proverbs 22:9He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.
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 →