Proverbs 11:26
People curse someone who withholds grain,but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
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25The liberal soul shall be made fat.He who waters shall be watered also himself.
27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
Cross References
Genesis 47:14Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous,but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 28:27One who gives to the poor has no lack;but one who closes his eyes will have 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 →